Gayle for Afridi as McGrath sits out for Stuart Clark

The two warring teams in the ICC Super Series made two important changes for the second one- day international.Pace bowler Glenn McGrath, wh...

The two warring teams in the ICC Super Series made two important changes for the second one- day international.

Pace bowler Glenn McGrath, who had complained of tightness in his legs, has been rested and replaced by Stuart Clark, Cricket Australia said.

And Chris Gayle replaces Shahid Afridi in 12-man World XI team.

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The 35-year-old McGrath spearheaded a four-pronged Australian seam attack that strangled the free-scoring World XI and bowled them out for 162 when chasing 256 for victory in the first match on Wednesday.

McGrath, who complained of tightness in his legs after the match, bowled a miserly opening seven-over spell for only 13 runs and took the wickets of Virender Sehwag and Jacques Kallis to set up Australia’s crushing win.

Clark, who was called into the Ashes squad in England as cover for the injured McGrath, is set to make his international debut.

Leg spinner Cameron White, who was the supersub for the first match and made his debut when he replaced Damien Martyn during the World XI’s innings, was also named in the side.

SQUADS

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Australia: Ricky Ponting, Nathan Bracken, Stuart Clark, Michael Clarke, Adam Gilchrist, Michael Hussey, Simon Katich, Brett Lee, Damien Martyn, Andrew Symonds, Shane Watson, Cameron White.

World XI (from): Shaun Pollock, Brian Lara, Shoaib Akhtar, Rahul Dravid, Andrew Flintoff, Chris Gayle, Jacques Kallis, Muttiah Muralitharan, Kevin Pietersen, Kumar Sangakkara, Virender Sehwag and Daniel Vettori.