No spot for Warner in NSW Shield line-up

David Warner has been left out of New South Wales' squad for their opening Sheffield Shield game of the season after Phil Jaques and Usman Khawaja were preferred to face Western Australia from Tuesday. Warner, Australia's Twenty20 opener, made his first-class debut in the final game of last summer, but appears to have a lengthy wait for a second outing considering the Blues' batting strength.

Jaques returns from a back injury, Brad Haddin is also available following finger surgery and Khawaja is wanting to build on a campaign of 554 runs at 42.61 last season. It is expected the queue for Warner will grow longer when Shane Watson returns from India and slots into the middle order for his new state. The wrist spinner Beau Casson is in line to partner the leggie Steve Smith in the four-day game while Stuart Clark will lead the bowling attack at the SCG.

On Sunday New South Wales will welcome back Haddin and Jaques when they take on the Warriors in the FR Cup at North Sydney. Haddin has been out of action since the end of the Ashes series and didn't feel ready to replace Tim Paine when he broke a finger in India on Wednesday. Jaques is one of four potential openers in the 12-man squad, along with Phillip Hughes, Warner and Simon Katich.

Western Australia have recalled the batsman Liam Davis for both the FR Cup game and the Sheffield Shield match. The Warriors have won and lost in the FR Cup and gave up first-innings points to Queensland in their opening Sheffield Shield encounter. On Thursday they named a 13-man squad for the four-day fixture with the legspinner Josh Mangan added to the outfit.

New South Wales FR Cup squad Phillip Hughes, Phil Jaques, David Warner, Simon Katich (capt), Dominic Thornely, Brad Haddin (wk), Ben Rohrer, Steven Smith, Steve O'Keefe, Stuart Clark, Mitch Starc, Burt Cockley.

Western Australia FR Cup squad Wes Robinson, Luke Towers, Marcus North (capt), David Bandy, Liam Davis, Theo Doropoulos, Luke Ronchi (wk), Ashley Noffke, Jake Fawcett, Brett Dorey, Michael Hogan, Brad Knowles.

New South Wales Shield squad Phillip Hughes, Phil Jaques, Simon Katich (capt), Dominic Thornely, Brad Haddin (wk), Ben Rohrer, Usman Khawaja, Steven Smith, Beau Casson, Stuart Clark, Mitch Starc, Burt Cockley.

Western Australia Shield squad Wes Robinson, Luke Towers, Marcus North (capt), David Bandy, Liam Davis, Theo Doropoulos, Luke Ronchi (wk), Ashley Noffke, Steve Magoffin, Josh Mangan, Brett Dorey, Brad Knowles, Michael Hogan.