Australia to meet Windies in tri-series opener

Australia are set to clash with West Indies in the opening match of next month's triangular one-day series in Singapore and Malaysia, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced on Friday. The day-night tournament, also featuring India, is slated to begin in Singapore on September 12 and end in Kuala Lumpur on September 24.

Niranjan Shah, the secretary of the BCCI, said the first three matches would be played in Singapore and the remaining four, including the final, in Malaysia. "All matches will start at 3pm local time, except the third [between India and Australia on September 16] which begins at 2pm to enable the teams to finish early and leave for Malaysia."

The Indian team for the tournament would be named in the first week of September, he added. Each team will play the other twice in the league before the top two advance to the final. Singapore has previously hosted three tri-series - the first one in 1996 between India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka at Padang, and two in 1999 and 2000 at the new Kallang ground. Kuala Lumpur hosted one-day internationals when cricket was played at the Commonwealth Games in 2002.

Schedule:

Sept 12: Australia v West Indies
Sept 14: India v West Indies
Sept 16: India v Australia
Sept 18: Australia v West Indies
Sept 20: India v West Indies
Sept 22: India v Australia
Sept 24: Final