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Strauss back for World Cup crunch

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ST JOHN'S, Antigua -- England won the toss and elected to bat in their critical World Cup Super Eights match against Australia at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium on Sunday.

Defending champions Australia selected batsman Brad Hodge in place of the injured Shane Watson while England recalled Andrew Strauss to open the batting in place of Ed Joyce.

Strauss was dropped following a difficult tour of Australia but now gets his chance as Joyce has struggled with the bat so far in the tournament.

Australia Adam Gilchrist, Matthew Hayden, Ricky Ponting (captain), Michael Clarke, Andrew Symonds, Michael Hussey, Brad Hodge, Brad Hogg, Nathan Bracken, Shaun Tait, Glenn McGrath.

England Andrew Strauss, Michael Vaughan (captain), Ian Bell, Kevin Pietersen, Paul Collingwood, Andrew Flintoff, Ravi Bopara, Paul Nixon (wicketkeeper), Sajid Mahmood, James Anderson, Monty Panesar.

Umpires Rudi Koertzen (South Africa) and Billy Bowden (New Zealand).

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