da betano casino： Souths left-hander Michael Sippel will make his State debut againstTasmania on Sunday with XXXX Queensland Bulls captain Stuart Law missinghis first game since 1998-99.
Queensland Cricket07-Jan-2002Souths left-hander Michael Sippel will make his State debut againstTasmania on Sunday with XXXX Queensland Bulls captain Stuart Law missinghis first game since 1998-99.Law and his wife Debbie are expecting their first child on Monday and itwas not possible for the Bulls skipper to play on Sunday in the ING Cupmatch against the Tigers and return back from Hobart in time for thebirth.It will break a run of 62 consecutive four-day and one-day matches forQueensland for Law, who last missed a game in the 1998-99 season when hewas on international duties.Queensland Cricket Chief Executive Graham Dixon announced that openerJimmy Maher would captain the Bulls in the absence of Law. It will beMaher’s first match as Queensland captain and comes hard on the heels ofhis selection in the Australia ‘A’ team that plays tomorrow nightagainst New Zealand at the Gabba.The Queensland selectors have opted to blood the 26-year-old Sippel forthe ING Cup clash with the Tigers at Bellerive Oval, with the Bulls alsomissing Australian one-day players Matthew Hayden, Andy Bichel andAndrew Symonds.Allrounder Lee Carseldine, a century-maker for the QAS againstQueensland Country last week, will make his first appearance this seasonin the Bulls one-day strip in the only other change to the team thatlost to WA by 42-runs at the WACA on Friday.Sippel, a regional sales manager for Yates Seed Company who lives inGatton, said he was thrilled at his selection, which follows impressiveperformances at club and 2nd XI level this season.”I’ve been pretty happy with how my game has been going this seasonalthough I didn’t think this would happen. I was working onconsolidating a QAS spot and getting runs for Souths so this is a bit ofa shock," he said.The clean-hitting left-hander has scored three centuries in the BrisbaneXXXX First Grade competition and produced a useful 58 for the QASagainst New Zealand in one of the tour practice matches in October.Sippel, who is a second cousin of Bichel, is a former QueenslandUnder-19 and Colts player who has been a member of the QueenslandAcademy of Sport program.The Bulls leave on Thursday for the match. The Pura Cup team will beannounced later this week, with Queensland and Tasmania meeting in thefour-day match from next Thursday.XXXX Queensland Bulls v Tasmanian Tigers, ING Cup, Sunday, Hobart: JimmyMaher (c), Martin Love, Clinton Perren, Lee Carseldine, Brendan Nash,Michael Sippel, James Hopes, Wade Seccombe, Nathan Hauritz, AshleyNoffke, Michael Kasprowicz, Joe Dawes. (all 12 to play).