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Sheffield Shield Round 6: NSW v WA @ Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln, New Zealand
Wednesday 3 February 2016 - Saturday 6 February 2016
Now that the hit and giggle stuff is finally over, we can resume normal transmission.
It'll be a historic occassion when the first Shield match to be played in New Zealand is hosted by Lincoln. This match also serves as a warm up for the Test players who aren't in the ODI squad - Nevill, Lyon and Voges with O'Keefe missing because of a calf injury.
Both teams won in Round 5 - the Blues defeating Queensland after a generous declaration and a flurry of runs from skipper Maddinson whilst the Warriors comfortably accounted for Tasmania with the WA 4 prong fast bowling attack slicing through the Tigers' brittle batting lineup.
NSW XIII
Out: Stephen O'KEEFE (calf), Gurinder SANDHU (omitted or injured?)
Henriques re-injured himself in the Big Bash so Maddinson retains the captaincy. Nevill coming in could result in Carters, who had taken the gloves for Round 5 and dropping to number 6, moving back to the top of the order and displacing Hughes.
Sandhu had a poor 2nd half of BBL|05 for the Thunder but I can't believe he would have been dropped for a rookie bowler in McAndrew for the finals. So I can only assume he's injured.
There are indications the pitch will take spin so Somerville is likely to retain his spot and give the Blues 2 spinning options alongside 3 fast bowlers.
WA XIII
In: Cartwright, Rimmington, Voges
Out: Simon MACKIN (pelvis)
Voges for Wells and Rimmington for Mackin would be the most likely changes IMHO.
Weather
Wednesday 16-24 cloudy
Thursday 18-28 partly cloudy
Friday 14-22 rain
Saturday TBA
Wednesday 3 February 2016 - Saturday 6 February 2016
Now that the hit and giggle stuff is finally over, we can resume normal transmission.
It'll be a historic occassion when the first Shield match to be played in New Zealand is hosted by Lincoln. This match also serves as a warm up for the Test players who aren't in the ODI squad - Nevill, Lyon and Voges with O'Keefe missing because of a calf injury.
Both teams won in Round 5 - the Blues defeating Queensland after a generous declaration and a flurry of runs from skipper Maddinson whilst the Warriors comfortably accounted for Tasmania with the WA 4 prong fast bowling attack slicing through the Tigers' brittle batting lineup.
NSW XIII
- Nic MADDINSON (c)
- Sean ABBOTT
- Doug BOLLINGER
- Ryan CARTERS
- Trent COPELAND
- Ed COWAN
- Daniel HUGHES
- Josh LALOR
- Nathan LYON
- Peter NEVILL (+)
- Kurtis PATTERSON
- Ben ROHRER
- Will SOMERVILLE
Out: Stephen O'KEEFE (calf), Gurinder SANDHU (omitted or injured?)
Henriques re-injured himself in the Big Bash so Maddinson retains the captaincy. Nevill coming in could result in Carters, who had taken the gloves for Round 5 and dropping to number 6, moving back to the top of the order and displacing Hughes.
Sandhu had a poor 2nd half of BBL|05 for the Thunder but I can't believe he would have been dropped for a rookie bowler in McAndrew for the finals. So I can only assume he's injured.
There are indications the pitch will take spin so Somerville is likely to retain his spot and give the Blues 2 spinning options alongside 3 fast bowlers.
WA XIII
- Adam VOGES (c)
- Ashton AGAR
- Cameron BANCROFT
- Will BOSISTO
- Hilton CARTWRIGHT
- Michael HOGAN
- Michael KLINGER
- David MOODY
- Joel PARIS
- Nathan RIMMINGTON
- Ashton TURNER
- Jonathan WELLS
- Sam WHITEMAN (+)
In: Cartwright, Rimmington, Voges
Out: Simon MACKIN (pelvis)
Voges for Wells and Rimmington for Mackin would be the most likely changes IMHO.
Weather
Wednesday 16-24 cloudy
Thursday 18-28 partly cloudy
Friday 14-22 rain
Saturday TBA
