Bulls squad for ING Cup named

The XXXX Queensland Bulls will confront a full-strength NSW Blues team in the top of the table ING Cup match at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Sunday.

The Queensland selectors today named the same team that defeated Victoria in their most recent ING Cup match, with Test players Matthew Hayden and Andy Bichel returning to the squad.

NSW will field a team that consists almost entirely of internationals, with only in-form pace bowler Stuart Clark yet to represent his country.

For Queensland, Clinton Perren, James Hopes and Nathan Hauritz fit into that category although Hopes and Hauritz have represented Australia in Youth internationals.

NSW and Queensland share the lead in the ING Cup with NSW two points ahead of Queensland in the Pura Cup competition.

Meanwhile pace bowler Joe Dawes hopes to make his return from a knee injury in the Brisbane XXXX First Grade competition this weekend in a bid to make his Bulls comeback in the Pura Cup match against NSW at the Gabba next week. The Pura Cup match starts on Sunday, November 25 and will be a "Dollar Day" promotion.

Dawes aborted his planned comeback for the Pura Cup match against the Western Warriors when he reported residual soreness in his knee after bowling for Valley and the Queensland medical staff elected to rest him further.

XXXX QUEENSLAND BULLS v NSW, ING Cup, SCG, Sunday: Stuart Law (c), Matthew Hayden, Jimmy Maher, Martin Love, Clinton Perren, Andrew Symonds, Wade Seccombe, Andy Bichel, James Hopes, Ashley Noffke, Michael Kasprowicz, Nathan Hauritz.

NSW: Mark Waugh, Michael Slater, Michael Bevan, Mark Higgs, Shane Lee, Steve Waugh (c), Brad Haddin, Brett Lee, Nathan Bracken, Stuart MacGill, Stuart Clark, Glenn McGrath.