da aposte e ganhe： MELBOURNE – Victoria will go into this first-class cricket season with abowling attack short on experience but big on ambition.
Roger Vaughan14-Oct-2002MELBOURNE – Victoria will go into this first-class cricket season with abowling attack short on experience but big on ambition.The new-look Bushrangers will start their season in Adelaide tomorrowagainst the similarly revamped Redbacks.Paul Reiffel’s retirement, Damien Fleming’s move to South Australia andthe extended absence of Shane Warne means left-armer Mathew Inness andsecond-season paceman Will Carr will be the main strike bowlers forVictoria.After fellow pacemen Mick Lewis and Shane Harwood, Ian Harvey willoperate at first change with his tricky medium pace and highly-ratedyoungster Cameron White will provide the spin option.Inness, 24, said the young fast bowlers showed towards the end of lastseason they could damage opposition lineups.”When ‘Pistol’ (Reiffel) retired and Fleming was injured, we had apretty inexperienced side for the last three or four games as well,” hesaid.”But we bowled out Queensland for a hundred (107), New South Wales for ahundred (109) and Western Australia for a low score (175).”We’re all of similar ages and it’s a big opportunity for us.”Inness led the Victorian bowling last season with 31 wickets in sevenPura Cup games at 19.26.He had an off-season stint at English county side Northamptonshire and showedthe potential benefits of that trip with a five-wicket haul against WAearlier this month in a pre-season game.”I usually start the year off pretty slow, it’s the first time I’veplayed in England,” he said.Harwood will make his Victorian debut tomorrow, as will former New SouthWales batsman Graeme Rummans.Mark Higgs (New South Wales) and former Victorian off-spinner JohnDavison were new players named in the South Australian squad of 14.Fleming is not yet available for SA because of a neck muscle injury.But the biggest name debuting tomorrow will not be on the field -Victorian coach David Hookes.The former Australian batsman and SA captain has put his squad through athorough pre-season and is impressed with its attitude after lastseason’s disappointments.The Bushrangers finished second-bottom in the Pura and ING Cups.Squads (12th men to be named):SOUTH AUSTRALIA: Greg Blewett (capt), Nathan Adcock, Chris Davies, JohnDavison, Shane Deitz, David Fitzgerald, Ryan Harris, Mark Harrity, MarkHiggs, Ben Johnson, Graham Manou, Michael Miller, Paul Rofe, MichaelSmith.VICTORIA: Matthew Elliott (capt), Jason Arnberger, Darren Berry, WillCarr, Ian Harvey, Shane Harwood, Brad Hodge, Mathew Inness, Nick Jewell,Mick Lewis, Graeme Rummans, Cameron White.