Brad Haddin will captain an International strength NSW side when the Blues play South Australia in a Bupa Sheffield Shield match at the Sydney Cricket Ground starting on Tuesday (November 25).

Selectors have also included batsmen David Warner and Steve Smith, all-rounder Shane Watson and fast bowler Mitchell Starc, with Josh Hazlewood unavailable for selection due to Cricket Australia workload management.

Peter Nevill, who led NSW in their opening three matches, has retained his place in the team as a specialist batsman.

Nevill currently sits in 12th position on the list of the competition’s leading run scorers with 244 runs from six innings at an average of 81.33 and a top score of 87.

Missing from the side which lost to Queensland in Brisbane are Ryan Carters (Cricket Australia XI), Nick Larkin, Scott Henry, Kurtis Patterson and Josh Lalor.

The full team is:
Brad Haddin (captain)
Sean Abbott
Doug Bollinger
Nathan Lyon
Nic Maddinson
Peter Nevill
Stephen O’Keefe
Gurinder Sandhu
Mitchell Starc
David Warner
Shane Watson

NSW are currently sixth on the competition table after three rounds of the Bupa Sheffield Shield with 10.05 points. South Australia are third with 10.7 points.

Match Details
Dates: Tuesday 25 November – Friday 28 November 2014
Hours of Play: 10:30am – 12:30pm | 1pm – 3pm | 3:30pm – 5:30pm
Entry is free
This match will be live streamed on cricketnsw.com.au.