WA selectors axe three players

SYDNEY, March 3 AAP - Western Australian cricket selectors swung the axe today ahead of this week's Pura Cup match against Victoria.

Wicketkeeper-batsman Ryan Campbell, batsman Michael Hussey and swing bowler Callum Thorp were omitted from the team which lost to NSW at the WACA Ground yesterday.

Allrounder Peter Worthington will make his first-class debut if selected in the final XI.

The 12th man will be named on the morning of the match, which starts in Melbourne on Thursday.

Chairman of selectors Wayne Hill said with WA out of contention for the final, the last match of the regular season presented an opportunity for some of the young Warriors.

"We have lost our last two completed matches by close margins," Hill said.

"It is the form of some of our senior players that has become questionable.

"We have decided to look at the potential of some of the state's developing young players.

"Western Australian cricket is losing games and we have to look at ways to rectify that."

Paceman Brad Williams, who missed the match against NSW with an elbow injury, was also included in the 12-man squad named today.

WA (from): Justin Langer (capt), Jo Angel, Beau Casson, Michael Clark, Murray Goodwin, Matthew Nicholson, Marcus North, Chris Rogers, Luke Ronchi, Adam Voges, Brad Williams, Peter Worthington.