CANBERRA, DEC 6: Even though it is a festival game, the touring Indians, flush with their 93-run victory over New South Wales at Sydney on Sunday, will be mistaken if they underestimate the resolve of a bristling, young Prime Minister's XI at Manuka Oval here on Tuesday.The Indians, who arrived in the Australian capital on Monday morning after run-ins with Australian umpires on the last two days of the four-day fixture, gave themselves a day off and did not bother to go to the small but picturesque ground here.Their captain, Simon Katich of Western Australia, though, has pulled out as he is struggling to recover from an illness. Katich, the brightest batting prospect in Australia, suffered from glandular fever during the off-season before he was called into the Australian squad for the tours of Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe, but was forced to return home from Sri Lanka with a bout of chicken pox.In Katich's absence, New South Wales all-rounder Shane Lee will lead the side. The team has some extremelyforceful batsmen and genuinely quick bowlers who are just a rung below selection to the national side.The fast bowling honours will rest with Brett Lee and Brad Williams of Western Australia, while two big hitters, Graham Cunningham and Michael Hussey of Western Australia, will look to further their batting claims.Cunningham, who played in grade cricket for Sydney and is yet to play a first class game, is said to be a rare hitter of a cricket ball.The Indians would, of course, have not forgotten Andrew Symonds, who blasted them for 161 runs in less than a day's batting at Gabba in the tours opener last month.The tourists would be specially interested in having a closer look at Daniel Marsh, son of former Austrlian 'keeper Rodney Marsh, now the head of the Australian Cricket Academy.Daniel, who moved from South Australia after he failed to get into the state side, has been a regular with Tasmania for the last two years and is a hard-hitting batsman and a left-arm spinner.This annual fixtureof Australian cricket summer is held in mid-season. The introductory game of the season is held at Lilac Hill between the visiting team and Australian Cricket Board XI of past and present cricketers.This match against the Prime Minister's XI is held mid-season annually. This festival match was started by liberal Prime Minister Graham Menzies 21 years ago as a part of the Ashes series between England and Australia. But the match has stayed as a tradition and now includes all touring teams. The team is always a young side, generally led by the Australian team captain, but Steve Waugh is unavailable this year - (PTI)Teams:Indians (from): Sachin Tendulkar (captain), Saurav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, Devang Gandhi, S Ramesh, VVS Laxman, Anil Kumble, Javagal Srinath, Venkatesh Prasad, Debashis Mohanty, Ajit Agarkar and T Kumaran.Prime Ministers XI: Shane Lee (NSW-captain), Graham Cunningham (ACT), David Fitzgerald (SA), Brad Haddin (NSW), Ian Harvey (Victoria), Brad Hodge (Victoria), MichaelHussey (WA), Brett Lee (NSW), Daniel Marsh (Tasmania), Andrew Symonds (Queensland) and Brad Williams.Miller for first TestCanberra: Australia today named a 12-man squad for the first Test against India in Adelaide on Friday, making one change from the side that swept the three-match series against Pakistan.The versatile Colin Miller, who can bowl off-spin as well as medium pace, replaced young pace bowler Brett Lee, who claimed seven wickets in New South Wales' 93-run loss to the Indians.The 35-year-old Miller was 12th man in the Brisbane and Hobart Tests against Pakistan before being left out for the third Test in Perth, where he was replaced by Lee.Miller or paceman Michael Kasprowicz will fill the 12th man's spot depending on the nature of wicket at Adelaide.``If the Adelaide wicket is dry they'll probably use two spinners, but if it's green I expect they'll stick with three quicks,'' Miller said.``And we've still got Melbourne and Sydney, so I hope I'm given a chance to playin some Tests.''Australia: Steve Waugh (capt), Shane Warne (vice-capt), Greg Blewett, Damien Fleming, Adam Gilchrist, Michael Kasprowicz, Justin Langer, Glenn McGrath, Colin Miller, Michael Slater, Ricky Ponting, Mark Waugh.
