Media Release - Cricket ``Origin'' teams named (24 August 1999)

24 August 1999

Media Release - Cricket "Origin" teams named

Queensland Cricket

Australian World Cup player Adam Dale will head the City challenge next month when Queensland Cricket stages it's "Place of Origin" match in Townsville between City and Country.

Dale, the only Queensland player in the Australian squad that clinched the World Cup in England in June, will return from the One Day International leg of the current Sri Lankan tour just prior to the Origin match on September 11 and 12.

The City team will be captained by XXXX Queensland Bulls allrounder Scott Prestwidge, and contains fellow Bulls players Scott Muller, Brendan Creevey and Lee Carseldine. The City team has a heavy Sandgate-Redcliffe influence, with five players from the current Brisbane XXXX First Grade champions in the team.

Country will be captained by Bulls opener Jimmy Maher and includes Australian quick Andy Bichel and fellow Bulls squad members Wade Seccombe, Matthew Anderson and Ashley Noffke.

Included in the Country side is exciting Townsville left-arm pace bowler Mitchell Johnson who continues his meteoric rise after coming from the clouds to win a place in the Australian Under-19 team currently touring England.

Leading Queensland Country batsman Brian May also gets a chance to show his ability in the match, the first trial game for many of the Bulls players as they prepare for the 1999-2000 season. The Toowoomba right-hander has played for Australian Country for the past two seasons.

CITY: Scott Prestwidge (c, Wynnum-Manly), Lee Carseldine (Valley), Jerry Cassell (Sandgate-Redcliffe), Brendan Creevey (Sandgate-Redcliffe), Adam Dale (Wynnum-Manly), Gavin Fitness (Sandgate-Redcliffe), Matthew Goggin (Sandgate-Redcliffe), James Hopes (Northern Suburbs), Scott Muller (Gold Coast), Chris Maclean (Sandgate-Redcliffe), Scott O'Leary (Wynnum-Manly), Allan Rowe (Beenleigh/Logan).

COUNTRY (place of origin): Jimmy Maher (c, Babinda), Chris Adams (Townsville), Matthew Anderson (Darwin), Andy Bichel (Laidley), Lee Dalton (Hattonvale), Troy Dixon (Sunshine Coast), Mitchell Johnson (Townsville), Lance Kahler (Crows Nest), Brian May (Toowoomba), Ashley Noffke (Sunshine Coast), Wade Seccombe (Toowoomba), Lachlan Stevens (Toowoomba).