DIGEST/CRICKET:Australia kept faith with their World Cup winners when they named their squad for the Twenty20 World Cup in South Africa in September.

Ricky Ponting will captain the side and fast bowler Brett Lee, who missed the World Cup through injury, returns in place of the retired Glenn McGrath.

Chairman of selectors Andrew Hilditch said in a Cricket Australia statement that, after looking at some of the top domestic Twenty20 players, they felt the World Cup-winning side deserved the chance to prove they could perform to the highest standards in both shorter forms of the game.

"The reality is that Australia has not played a lot of international Twenty20 cricket.

"But we see no reason to doubt that, being an Australian side, they will be able to adapt quickly," he said.