Bulls hand debut to Nye

Aaron Nye will make his ING Cup debut for Queensland, missing four players on national duty in India, in the opening match of the domestic season against New South Wales at the Gabba on Sunday.

Nye, 25, is expected to fill a middle-order role and will be hoping his domestic limited-overs career follows a similar path to his initial first-class experience.

In 2003-04 Nye became the third Queensland batsman to score a century on Pura Cup debut when he made 102 against New South Wales at the SCG, an innings that helped Queensland snatch a spot in the final.

The Bulls will be without the Test squad representatives Matthew Hayden, Michael Kasprowicz, Nathan Hauritz and Shane Watson, but Andrew Symonds and Wade Seccombe will return after missing the final loss to Western Warriors at the Gabba in February.

New South Wales will depart for a training camp on the Sunshine Coast tomorrow and play warm-up matches against Victoria and Tasmania.

Queensland Jimmy Maher (c), Martin Love, Andrew Symonds, Clinton Perren, Aaron Nye, James Hopes, Wade Seccombe, Chris Simpson, Andy Bichel, Ashley Noffke, Shane Jurgensen, Craig Philipson. (12th man to be named).

New South Wales Brad Haddin (c),Nathan Bracken, Shawn Bradstreet, Stuart Clark, Phil Jaques, Jason Krejza, Greg Mail, Stuart MacGill, Don Nash, Matthew Nicholson, Aaron O'Brien, Matthew Phelps, Dominic Thornely (one to be omitted).