The spin-bowling allrounder Steve O'Keefe will captain New South Wales for the first time after being named to stand in for Stuart Clark against Sri Lanka this Sunday.
The Blues have looked to the future by appointing O'Keefe, 25, who will guide a side including the veteran fast man Brett Lee.
The 50-over match is one of three warm-up games for the Sri Lankans before they begin their series of one Twenty20 and three ODIs against Australia.
The left-armer O'Keefe, who made his Twenty20 international debut against Pakistan in July, was the Man of the Match in the recent Ryobi Cup win over Western Australia.
several players are rested. Stuart Clark, Brad Haddin, Phil Jaques and Trent Copeland will all be rested to be replaced by Mark Cameron, Peter Nevill, Phillip Hughes and Tim Cruickshank.
Manly-Warringah batsman Cruickshank will make his debut for the Blues after impressing selectors in the past two seasons with his form in Second XI and grade cricket.
New South Wales squad Phillip Hughes, Nic Maddinson, Usman Khawaja, Peter Forrest, Tim Cruickshank, Ben Rohrer, Steve O'Keefe (capt), Peter Nevill (wk), Sean Abbott, Brett Lee, Scott Coyte, Mark Cameron.
No comments:
Post a Comment