NSW finally kick off their season.
New South Wales: Simon Katich (c), Stuart Clark, Burt Cockley, Phil Hughes, Brad Haddin, Stephen O'Keefe, Phil Jaques, Ben Rohrer, Mitchell Starc, Steve Smith, Dominic Thornely, David Warner (12th man to be named).
Western Australia: Marcus North (c), David Bandy, Liam Davis, Brett Dorey, Theo Doropoulos, Jake Fawcett, Michael Hogan, Brad Knowles, Ashley Noffke, Wes Robinson, Luke Ronchi, Luke Towers (12th man to be named).
The surprise for NSW is no Bird. Seems they don't have confidence in his new action. Looking at that team a batter (Thornely/Rorher) could miss out as I can't see Katich wanting to bowl Thornely or some other part timer.
And the Shield squad
Phillip Hughes, Phil Jaques, Simon Katich (capt), Dominic Thornely, Brad Haddin (wk), Ben Rohrer, Usman Khawaja, Steven Smith, Beau Casson, Stuart Clark, Mitch Starc, Burt Cockley.