da gbg bet: The Queensland selectors today chose long-term gain over short-term painwhen they omitted fast bowler Michael Kasprowicz from tomorrow’s ING Cupone-day match against the Western Warriors at the Gabba.
Queensland Cricket28-Nov-2002The Queensland selectors today chose long-term gain over short-term painwhen they omitted fast bowler Michael Kasprowicz from tomorrow’s ING Cupone-day match against the Western Warriors at the Gabba.Kasprowicz was ruled out of the XXXX Queensland Bulls team today afteragain being bothered by a tightness in his hamstring that had preventedhim from bowling on the final day of the Bulls outright win over theWarriors in the Pura Cup on Tuesday.”I felt it grab a bit in my first few balls off a short run-up attraining this morning so it made sense not to risk it any further,”Kasprowicz said.”I’m disappointed that I won’t play tomorrow but we felt it was best tofocus on being 100 percent for the Pura Cup match against the Tigers inHobart in three weeks," he said.The selectors have recalled right-arm paceman Damien MacKenzie for thematch, which will be the Bulls first day/night game of the season.Queensland coach Terry Oliver has given the squad a week off fromtraining next week, aside from those players who are in action with theQueensland Academy Sport in the ACB Cup match against NSW starting onMonday in Sydney.Tomorrow’s match is tipped to attract a crowd in excess of 10,000 withVolunteering Queensland, the Brisbane City Council and QueenslandCricket combining to promote Volunteers’ Day as a “thank-you” gesturefor volunteer workers.Volunteers from sporting and community organisations were able to accesstwo free tickets each through Volunteering Queensland, the peak body forvolunteers in the State, and enjoy free public transport to and from thematch.XXXX Queensand Bulls ING Cup team v Western Warriors: Jimmy Maher (c),Martin Love, Lee Carseldine, Andrew Symonds, Clinton Perren, BrendanNash, James Hopes, Wade Seccombe, Ashley Noffke, Nathan Hauritz, DamienMacKenzie, Scott Brant.