da leao: The XXXX Queensland Bulls will confront a full-strength NSW Blues teamin the top of the table ING Cup match at the Sydney Cricket Ground onSunday.
Queensland Cricket13-Nov-2001The XXXX Queensland Bulls will confront a full-strength NSW Blues teamin the top of the table ING Cup match at the Sydney Cricket Ground onSunday.The Queensland selectors today named the same team that defeatedVictoria in their most recent ING Cup match, with Test players MatthewHayden 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 intothat category although Hopes and Hauritz have represented Australia inYouth internationals.NSW and Queensland share the lead in the ING Cup with NSW two pointsahead of Queensland in the Pura Cup competition.Meanwhile pace bowler Joe Dawes hopes to make his return from a kneeinjury in the Brisbane XXXX First Grade competition this weekend in abid to make his Bulls comeback in the Pura Cup match against NSW at theGabba next week. The Pura Cup match starts on Sunday, November 25 andwill be a “Dollar Day" promotion.Dawes aborted his planned comeback for the Pura Cup match against theWestern Warriors when he reported residual soreness in his knee afterbowling for Valley and the Queensland medical staff elected to rest himfurther.XXXX QUEENSLAND BULLS v NSW, ING Cup, SCG, Sunday: Stuart Law (c),Matthew Hayden, Jimmy Maher, Martin Love, Clinton Perren, AndrewSymonds, Wade Seccombe, Andy Bichel, James Hopes, Ashley Noffke, MichaelKasprowicz, 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.