NSW SpeedBlitz Blues skipper, Stephen O'Keefe
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Cricket New South Wales selectors have been left with a host of International experience to choose from as the NSW SpeedBlitz Blues resume their domestic campaign with Ryobi Cup and Bupa Sheffield Shield matches against Tasmania starting this weekend.
There have been a host of changes to the last time the NSW SpeedBlitz Blues named squads in both competitions (early December v Tasmania in Canberra).
Those changes are listed below :
Ryobi Cup
In – Hughes, Khawaja, S Smith, Katich, O’Keefe, Coyte
Out- Jaques, Cruickshank, D Smith, Doran, Hazlewood ( foot ), Lalor
Bupa Sheffield Shield
In – Hughes, Khawaja, O’Keefe, Coyte
Out – Jaques, Maddinson, Patterson ( hip ), Hazlewood ( foot )
- Brad Haddin has been rested from the Bupa Sheffield Shield fixture as per Cricket Australia’s recommendation
The full squads are :
RYOBI CUP vs TASMANIA, Feb 4, 2012, Blundstone Arena
Stephen O’Keefe ( Captain )
Trent Copeland
Scott Coyte
Nathan Hauritz
Moises Henriques
Phil Hughes
Simon Katich
Usman Khawaja
Nic Maddinson
Peter Nevill
Ben Rohrer
Steve Smith
BUPA SHEFFIELD SHIELD vs TASMANIA, Feb 6-9 2012, Blundstone Arena
Stephen O’Keefe ( Captain )
Trent Copeland
Scott Coyte
Nathan Hauritz
Moises Henriques
Phil Hughes
Simon Katich
Usman Khawaja
Josh Lalor
Peter Nevill
Ben Rohrer
Steve Smith
MATCH NOTES
- The Ryobi Cup match will start at 2-15pm on Saturday (4th) and will be broadcast live on Fox Sports, while the Bupa Sheffield Shield match will start at midday (Twilight game) on Monday (6th)
- Highlights, match reports, tweets and live scores can be found at www.cricketnsw.com