Gabba, Brisbane
7pm Friday January 7
Round 2 finally gets underway with the biggest winner from round 1 playing the second-biggest loser. The side winning the toss has one all three games so far by margins of 63 (Tassie), 33 (Victoria) and 21 (NSW) runs, but that could change on a Gabba pitch under threatening Brisbane skies.
The Bulls have looked at that and decided they won't be playing two spinners, so Luke Feldman replaces Brad Ipson in the squad. They have plenty of bowling options so it's unlikely that a batsman will make way for him, perhaps Ben Laughlin who went for plenty as the sixth bowler used in Melbourne. Craig Philipson was left out at the G and could be a chance to replace one of the allrounders - Reardon or Neser, with Reardon, Lynn and Carseldine all bowling options not used by Hopes in the previous game.
Flogging WA isn't a great achievement but it doesn't provide any reason to make a change and Tassie haven't made one. Those pictures work again for Jon Wells, with Ed Cowan dropping out of the squad for this one, but if there is to be a change it's likely to be Luke Butterworth, who will enjoy the conditions at the Gabba. Usually you'd say one of the spinners will miss out but Doherty and Krejza are too important to Tassie, so Brendan Drew may be the unlucky one.
Queensland XIII:
Michael Lumb
Chris Simpson
Lee Carseldine
*James Hopes
Chris Lynn
Nathan Reardon
Craig Philipson
+Ben Dunk
Michael Neser
Ben Cutting
Nathan Rimmington
Ben Laughlin
Luke Feldman
In:
Philipson
Feldman
Tasmania XIV:
Mark Cosgrove
+Tim Paine
Rhett Lockyear
Travis Birt
*George Bailey
Ryan ten Doeschate
Jon Wells (T20 debut)
Luke Butterworth
Jason Krejza
Rana Naved-ul-Hasan
James Faulkner
Xavier Doherty
Brendan Drew
In:
Wells
Butterworth
Weather:
Rain at times, 26 degrees.
Session Times
First innings: 7:00-8:20pm
Second session: 8:35-9:55pm
Coverage:
Cricket Australia's scorecard
Tickets:
Adults - $20 ($32 for two games, $45 for three games)
Concession - $15 ($24/$21)
Children - $10 ($16/$21)
Family - $45
(Gate 4 open 3pm for curtain raiser Fire v Spirit:
Queensland: Fran Whittaker, Lyndall Daley, Jessica Jonassen, *+Jodie Fields, Beth Mooney, Kirby Short, Jemma Barsby, Hayley Pattison, Kathryn Jenkin, Courtney Hill, Selene Tainton, Lynda Petherick
Victoria: Elyse Villani, *Emma Inglis, Emily McIntyre, Natalie Schilov, Anna Lanning, +Erica Kershaw, Renee Melton, Briana Binch, Clea Smith, Kristen Beams, Naomi Fullwood, Annie-Rose Maloney, Kathleen Hempenstall)
