Redbacks draft in Ferguson

The batsman Callum Ferguson has been drafted into South Australia's Ford Ranger Cup squad for their day-nighter with New South Wales in Adelaide on Wednesday. He replaces injured fast bowler Shaun Tait, whose absence will be a blow to the struggling Redbacks who are yet to earn a point.

Tait, who may have been on Test duty anyway, will now definitely not play because of his troublesome elbow which also forced him to drop out of Australia's 13 against Sri Lanka. He will also miss the Pura Cup match following cortisone injections which could rule him out of both Tests against Sri Lanka.

Ferguson joins a Redbacks squad which has lost their first two matches, but their opponents haven't fared too well either. The Blues have lost two of three, with the third abandoned to the rain.

The visitors maintain the same 12-player squad who lost to Tasmania on Sunday despite Brad Haddin's century. It's Doug Bollinger's second trip to Adelaide in two weeks following his appearance for the Chairman's XI draw in the first warm-up match for the touring Sri Lankans.

South Australia squad Daniel Harris, Matt Elliott, Mark Cosgrove, Nathan Adcock (capt), Darren Lehmann, Graham Manou (wk), Andy Delmont, Ryan Harris, Jason Gillespie, Callum Ferguson, Mark Cleary, Dan Cullen.

New South Wales squad Grant Lambert, Ed Cowan, Brad Haddin (wk), Dominic Thornely, Simon Katich (capt), Peter Forrest, Nathan Hauritz, Matthew Nicholson, Mark Cameron, Doug Bollinger, Nathan Bracken, Stephen O'Keefe.