MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene won the toss and elected to bat in the triangular series one-day international against Australia on Friday.

Australia opener Matthew Hayden has been rested before the best of three finals against India. All rounder James Hopes will open the batting with Adam Gilchrist.

Deep wounds heal very slowly, and like that irate fellow customer at the bank yesterday, there would have been more than a few sharpening up on their most biting picong to unleash on the West Indies batsman over the next four days.