The domestic one day competition kicks off in a couple of weeks, to be played entirely in NSW this time around. Hurtsville, Bankstown, North Sydney and Rooty Hill will host the round robin competition in which each side will play once against the opposing states. That means 23 games in 21 days. The table topper will qualify directly to the final, while second and third will play off in an elimination final.
A new concept added this season is the introduction of a "Cricket Australia XI" side which will be composed of fringe state players, rookies and national performance squad members. This should hopefully expose some younger talent that might otherwise be stuck on the bench. Each state will select a 15 man squad, with the CA XI to be selected after the main states have confirmed their selections.
Fixture:
Matador Cup: full fixture
Squads:
CA XI: Will Bosisto (c), Alex Gregory (vc), James Peirson, Ryan Lees, Marcus Harris, Seb Gotch, Matthew Short, Jack Wildermuth, James Bazley, Liam Hatcher, Mitch Swepson, Hilton Cartwright, Riley Ayre, Matthew Dixon
NSW: Steve Smith (c), Sean Abbott, Doug Bollinger, Ryan Carters, Moises Henriques, Nathan Lyon, Nic Maddinson, Peter Nevill, Steve O’Keefe, Kurtis Patterson, Gurinder Sandhu, Mitchell Starc, Shane Watson
QLD: Peter Forrest (c), Cameron Boyce, Joe Burns, Ben Cutting, Luke Feldman, Chris Hartley, Charlie Hemphrey, James Hopes, Usman Khawaja*, Simon Milenko, Michael Neser, Nathan Reardon, Billy Stanlake, Mark Steketee.
*Marnus Labuschagne (injury replacement).
SA: Travis Head (c), Tom Andrews, Tom Cooper, Callum Ferguson, Jake Lehmann, Tim Ludeman, Joe Mennie, Gary Putland, Kane Richardson, Sam Raphael, Alex Ross, Daniel Worrall, Nick Winter, Adam Zampa
TAS: George Bailey (c), Alex Doolan (vc), Jackson Bird, Xavier Doherty, Jake Doran, Ben Dunk, James Faulkner, Andrew Fekete, Evan Gulbis, Hamish Kingston, Dominic Michael, Tim Paine, Sam Rainbird, Clive Rose.
VIC: Matthew Wade (c), Scott Boland, Dan Christian, Aaron Finch, Peter Handscomb, John Hastings, Jon Holland, Glenn Maxwell, Clint McKay, James Pattinson, Rob Quiney, Peter Siddle, Marcus Stoinis, Cameron White
WA: Adam Voges (c), Shaun Marsh (vc), Ashton Agar, Cameron Bancroft, Jason Behrendorff, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Michael Klinger, Simon Mackin, Mitchell Marsh, Joel Paris, Jhye Richardson, Ashton Turner, Andrew Tye, Sam Whiteman
News:
- Usman Khawaja will captain QLD. Pending availability.
- Jordan Silk has withdrawn from TAS for personal reasons.
- Moises Henriques should return after injury caused by collision in England.
- Chris Lynn to miss tournament due to shoulder injury.
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