Symonds still on recovery road

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, Mar 12 (Reuters) World champions Australia will select their team for Wednesday's opening World Cup match against Scotland from 14 players while all-rounder Andrew Symonds continues to recover from a torn bicep muscle.

''He's desperately trying to get out and do his work and be involved and obviously the team would like him to come through too,'' coach John Buchanan told the Australian Associated Press.

''But right at the moment we've got 14 fit players and if Andrew comes right then we've got 15 and we've got a great asset there.'' Symonds ruptured a bicep tendon in his right shoulder during the team's tri-series loss to England last month.

Buchanan said opener Matthew Hayden, who broke a toe in the third one-day international against New Zealand last month, was expected to play on Wednesday, ''I know he has set himself for Scotland so I think it would be unlikely that he wouldn't be available anyway,'' Buchanan said.

Australia are due to arrive in St Kitts this evening after yesterday's opening ceremony in Jamaica.

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