da stake casino： The XXXX Queensland Bulls will welcome back crafty swing bowler AdamDale and greet the arrival of teenage batsman Nick Kruger for their PuraCup clash against the Western Warriors in Perth starting on Saturday.
Queensland Cricket31-Dec-2002The XXXX Queensland Bulls will welcome back crafty swing bowler AdamDale and greet the arrival of teenage batsman Nick Kruger for their PuraCup clash against the Western Warriors in Perth starting on Saturday.Dale will make his return to the Bulls team for the first time sinceundergoing major shoulder surgery last season.The 1999 World Cup player has made encouraging progress since making hiscomeback at the start of the season, and helped the Queensland Academyof Sport to an outright win over Tasmania before Christmas.Kruger, a powerful left-hand opening batsman from the Valley club, isone of the leading runs-scorers for the QAS team in the ACB Cup 2nd XIcompetition this season.The 19-year-old has scored 293 runs at 48.33 so far for the QAS, whichis in a four-way tie for first spot in the ACB Cup.Kruger, who was not named in the Bulls’ squad of 23 players at the startof the season, will make his first class and Pura Cup debut if he playsin Perth.The Bulls will be minus seven front-line players for the match againstthe Warriors, with Matthew Hayden, Andy Bichel and Martin Love oninternational duty in the Fifth Test in Sydney and captain Jimmy Maher,Andrew Symonds, Ashley Noffke and Nathan Hauritz involved with Australia’A’ in Adelaide.The Bulls have also been buoyed by the return of quick bowler MichaelKasprowicz, who has overcome a hamstring complaint that forced him tomiss Queensland’s outright win over Tasmania before Christmas.Kasprowicz will captain the side for the second time in the absence ofregular skipper Maher, and will seek to retain his undefeated recordafter leading the Bulls to an outright against the Tigers at the Gabbaearlier this month.Opening batsman Daniel Payne, allrounder James Hopes and left-armspinner Matthew Anderson have all been selected in the Queenslandline-up for the first time this season.Kruger, Dale and Anderson will join the remainder of the Bulls playersalready in Perth on Thursday.Queensland play the Warriors in a day/night ING Cup match on Thursday atthe WACA.XXXX Bulls v Warriors, Pura Cup, January 4-7, WACA, Perth: MichaelKasprowicz (c), Brendan Nash, Daniel Payne, Lee Carseldine, Stuart Law,Clinton Perren, James Hopes, Wade Seccombe, Adam Dale, Joe Dawes,Matthew Anderson, Nick Kruger.