Bulls ING Cup team named
Australia 'A' players Jimmy Maher, Ashley Noffke, Andrew Symonds andNathan Hauritz will bolster the XXXX Queensland Bulls ING Cup squad fortheir January 2 clash with the Western Warriors in Perth.
Queensland Cricket
30-Dec-2002
Australia 'A' players Jimmy Maher, Ashley Noffke, Andrew Symonds and
Nathan Hauritz will bolster the XXXX Queensland Bulls ING Cup squad for
their January 2 clash with the Western Warriors in Perth.
That quartet will fly from Melbourne to Perth on the morning of the
day/night clash on Thursday, arriving a few hours before the game is due
to start, having played against Sri Lanka the previous evening at the
MCG.
However they will miss the Pura Cup game between Queensland and WA
starting on Saturday, as they will be required for the Australia 'A'
match against Sri Lanka in Adelaide on January 7, the scheduled final
day of the four-day match.
The Bulls have also been buoyed by the return of quick bowler Michael
Kasprowicz, who has overcome a hamstring complaint that forced him to
miss Queensland's outright win over Tasmania before Christmas.
The Queensland selectors have called on right hander Daniel Payne to
fill the batting spot left vacant by Martin Love's selection to play in
the Fifth Test at the SCG starting on Wednesday.
Payne will make his ING Cup debut for Queensland having made his first
class debut last season for the Bulls, playing in the Pura Cup Final win
at the Gabba against Tasmania.
The Bulls players left for Perth today while the Australia 'A' players
are in Melbourne for their one dayer against Sri Lanka on New Year's
Day.
Queensland will release its Pura Cup team on January 2.
XXXX Bulls v Warriors, ING Cup, Thursday, January 2, Day/Night, WACA:
Jimmy Maher (c), Daniel Payne, Lee Carseldine, Andrew Symonds, Clinton
Perren, Brendan Nash, James Hopes, Wade Seccombe, Michael Kasprowicz,
Ashley Noffke, Nathan Hauritz, Scott Brant (all twelve to play).