Swan gets Bullish
28/10/2009 5:38 PM
Queensland will welcome back paceman Chris Swan for its first Sheffield Shield match at the Gabba this season.
Swan has recovered from the groin complaint that kept him out of the Bulls' opening Shield match against Western Australia and is almost certain to lead an inexperienced pace attack against Tasmania in a match starting on Sunday.
He's been joined in the squad by Nathan Rimmington, who was rewarded for taking a hat-trick against the Warriors in last week's Ford Ranger Cup win.
The duo replaces injured pacemen Ben Laughlin (stomach) and Grant Sullivan (hamstring) in the squad.
Rimmington's feat against the Warriors, though, makes him the only player in world cricket to have claimed a Twenty20 and List A (or one-day) hat-trick.
Leg-spinner Daniel Doran has also been included in the side after being in the original 13-man squad for the Warriors game in Perth.
In a warm-up to the Shield contest, the Bulls clash with Tasmania on Friday in the Ford Ranger Cup.
Queensland Bulls
Chris Simpson (c), Glen Batticciotto, Ryan Broad, Lee Carseldine, Ben Cutting, Daniel Doran, Chris Hartley, Nick Kruger, Nathan Rimmington, Chris Swan, Wade Townsend, Scott Walter (12th man to be named).