International XI captain Brian Lara won the toss and elected to bowl in the tsunami appeal one-day match against the MCC at Lord's in London on Tuesday.
India's Sourav Ganguly and Harbhajan Singh were drafted into the MCC squad as late replacements after West Indies batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan and Sri Lanka off spinner Muttiah Muralitharan were forced to pull out.
The match is being played to aid survivors of the December 26 tsunami in Asia, which left more than 220,000 people dead or missing, and thousands homeless around the Indian Ocean area.
Teams:
MCC: Stephen Fleming (New Zealand, captain), Chris Gayle (West Indies), Saurav Ganguly (India), Vangipurappu Laxman (India), Jacques Kallis (South Africa), Andy Flower (Zimbabwe), Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka), Shaun Pollock (South Africa), Anil Kumble (India), Harbhajan Singh (India), Shoaib Akhtar (Pakistan).
International XI: Brian Lara (West Indies, captain), Virender Sehwag (India), Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka), Graeme Smith (South Africa), Rahul Dravid (India), Shivnarine Chanderpaul (West Indies), Chris Cairns (New Zealand), Shane Warne (Australia), Chaminda Vaas (Sri Lanka), Mohammad Sami (Pakistan), Makhaya Ntini (South Africa).
