West Indies elect to bat against Australia

PERTH: The West Indies won the toss and elected to bat in the first one-day international against Australia at the WACA Ground in Perth on Friday.

Captain Michael Clarke returned for the Australians, but explosive opener David Warner was ruled out by a thumb injury suffered at training.

The West Indies handed a debut to Jason Holder.

Australia has been in indifferent form, losing their recent Twenty20 series against Sri Lanka 2-0, after drawing their five-match one-day international series 2-2.