da bet nacional： BRISBANE – Stuart Law will break a Queensland cricketing record next week after selectors retained faith in the veteran batsmen by naming him for the opening Pura Cup clash against NSW at the Gabba.
Michael Crutcher10-Oct-2002BRISBANE – Stuart Law will break a Queensland cricketing record nextweek after selectors retained faith in the veteran batsmen by naming himfor the opening Pura Cup clash against NSW at the Gabba.Just two days after he was dumped for Sunday’s one-day match against theBlues, Law was today named in the first-class squad to startQueensland’s pursuit of a fourth consecutive Pura Cup crown.Law will become Queensland’s most capped interstate player when he walkson to the Gabba next Wednesday for his 124th domestic four-day match.He joined Sam Trimble on 123 matches when the Bulls won last season’sPura Cup final against Tasmania at the Gabba.Whether Law break’s Trimble’s record of 8647 runs depends on how the33-year-old fits into the Queensland team without the captaincy.Law has 7812 runs and is confident of playing several more seasonswithout the responsibility of leadership, which he has given away aftereight seasons.The former Australian one-day international has not scored a century atthe Gabba since hitting 107 not out against the Blues in 1997-98.He has played several crucial innings at the ground since withoutreaching the century which will ignite his post-leadership career.Law played two invaluable knocks in the last two Pura Cup finals at theGabba, including 69 against the Tigers.Australian one-day batsman Jimmy Maher will captain Queensland aftertaking over when Law quit the role at the end of last season.Maher said he was thrilled to have Law in his first-class team as theBulls launched their season at Allan Border Field today, with theirthree Pura Cups on display.The Bulls are the only team to win the trophy, which replaced theSheffield Shield, and Maher said his players did not need to change theformula this season.”We’ve performed well sticking to what we know best so there is no needto make any major changes,” Maher said.”I don’t feel under any extra pressure as captain because we’ve got sucha good bunch of blokes here who never stop trying.”Queensland selectors today preferred 23-year-old paceman DamienMacKenzie to teenage bowler Scott Brant in the only major change fromthe team which won last season’s final.MacKenzie joins a strong pace attack including Michael Kasprowicz,Ashley Noffke and Joe Dawes while left-arm spinner Matthew Anderson hasalso been named in the squad.Queensland: Jimmy Maher (capt), Brendan Nash, Martin Love, Stuart Law,Andrew Symonds, Lee Carseldine, Wade Seccombe, Ashley Noffke, MichaelKasprowicz, Damien MacKenzie, Joe Dawes, Matthew Anderson (12th man tobe named).