The Tasmanian Selectors have today announced the following teams to participate in trial matches being held at the NTCA Number 2 Ground in Launceston on Friday 11th, Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th October 2002.

2 Day Game (Friday & Sunday)		1 Day Game (Saturday)
COX XI	DI VENUTO XI	MARSH XI	CLINGELEFFER XI
Jamie Cox	Michael Di Venuto	Christopher Bassano	Michael Dighton
Scott Mason	Luke Williams	Michael Di Venuto	Graeme Cunningham
Shane Watson	Michael Dighton	Adam Polkinghorne	Shane Watson
Daniel Marsh	Graeme Cunningham	Daniel Marsh	Brad Thomas
Brad Thomas	Christopher Bassano	Scott Kremerskothen	Sean Clingeleffer WK
George Bailey	Tim Payne WK	George Bailey	Jamie Cox
Sean Clinegleffer WK	Damien Wright	Shane McDermott WK	Tim Paine
Shane McDermott	Adam Polkinghorne	Shannon Tubb	Damien Wright
Xavier Doherty	Shannon Tubb	David Saker	Luke Butterworth
David Saker	Shane Jurgensen	Matthew Pascoe	Xavier Doherty
Gerard Denton	Matthew Pascoe	Adam Griffith	Shane Jurgensen
Andrew Downton	Adam Griffith	Gerard Denton	Andrew Downton

Play will commence at the following times:

Friday: 11.30am Saturday: 10.00am Sunday: 10.00am

Players not included due to injury or unavailability include, Ben Oliver, Brett Geeves, Ben Hilfenhaus and Ricky Ponting who is still overseas.

These matches will be the Cascade Tasmanian Tigers final build up to the first team of the season being selected to travel to Brisbane for the Tigers opening encounter in the ING Cup against Queensland.

Tasmanian Tiger's Coach, Brian McFadyen said; "The build up to the season has been an exciting and successful one as far as preparation is concerned."

He added; "The team are looking to improve on their One-Day performances in recent years and to go one better in the Pura Cup. Pre-season has been full of enthusiasm, determination and healthy rivalry for spots in both the ING Cup and Pure Cup teams."

© 2002 Tasmanian Cricket Association

This report does not necessarily represent the views of the Australian Cricket Board.