Corey Richards included in New South Wales squad

Bankstown's Corey Richards has been rewarded for some good early season form with selection in the New South Wales squad for the first ING Cup match of the season against Queensland. Brad Haddin will captain the side, which also includes Nathan Bracken, Stuart Clark and Phil Jaques, all of whom are on the fringes of national selection.

Richards, 30, scored 122 for Sydney Central against the A-C-T in State League Cup in Round Three, and has previously played 47 one-dayers for New South Wales, scoring 1172 runs. He made one appearance for Australia A, but a string of poor performances meant that he was dropped from the state side after 2002-03.

Squad Brad Haddin (Capt), Nathan Bracken, Doug Bollinger, Stuart Clark, Ed Cowan, Phil Jaques, Matthew Nicholson, Aaron O'Brien, James Packman, Matthew Phelps, Corey Richards, Dominic Thornely.