da bwin： The XXXX Queensland Bulls have named rookie right-hand opener DanielPayne to replace Australian One Day player Jimmy Maher for this week’scritical Pura Cup clash against Victoria at the Gabba.
Queensland Cricket11-Mar-2002The XXXX Queensland Bulls have named rookie right-hand opener DanielPayne to replace Australian One Day player Jimmy Maher for this week’scritical Pura Cup clash against Victoria at the Gabba.Payne, 23, is in his first season with the Queensland Academy of Sportsquad after impressing in the past two seasons for Redlands in theBrisbane club competition.He and left-arm spinner Matthew Anderson come into the Bulls squad forthe Bushrangers match which starts on Wednesday at the Gabba.Queensland need a minimum of first innings points to ensure they hostthe Final, with Tasmania, Western Australia and South Australia allvying for a berth in the decider.Payne, who has scored 540 runs for Redlands in the XXXX First Gradepremiership this season, will be the seventh player to make either hisfirst class or one-day debut for the Bulls this season.A Queensland Primary Schools and Secondary Schools representative, hemade his first grade debut for Gold Coast as a teenager before switchingto Redlands Tigers three seasons ago.He turned out for the QAS team that played matches against New Zealandin October, scoring a brace of half centuries against the Kiwis.Anderson, who was 12th man in the Bulls win over South Australia inAdelaide, replaces Nathan Nauritz who will depart along with Maher andthe rest of the Australia One Day squad on Saturday for South Africa.The Bulls will train tomorrow from 9am at the Gabba while Victoria havescheduled a session for 12.15pm at the Gabba. The Bushrangers are yet toname their team.XXXX Queensland Bulls v Victorian Bushrangers, Wed-Sat, The Gabba:Stuart Law (c), Brendan Nash, Daniel Payne, Martin Love, Andrew Symonds,Lee Carseldine, Wade Seccombe, Ashley Noffke, Michael Kasprowicz, JoeDawes, Scott Brant, Matthew Anderson (12th man to be named).