Plenty will be on the line when the Sheffield Shield's 123rd season kicks off this Tuesday with matches in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth.
A handful of Test stars are expected to play in the opening round, while more could follow over the coming weeks with no men's international cricket for Australia scheduled for the month of October.
Round one (Oct 8-11)
NSW v SA. Cricket Central, Sydney
NSW squad: Moises Henriques (c), Ollie Davies, Jack Edwards, Matthew Gilkes, Ryan Hadley, Liam Hatcher, Sam Konstas, Nathan Lyon, Nic Maddinson, Jack Nisbet, Josh Philippe, Tanveer Sangha
Nathan Lyon will play his first match in three months when he leads a Blues bowling attack that could also feature emerging leg-spinner Tanveer Sangha.
Josh Philippe and Nic Maddinson will play their first Shield games since crossing to NSW from Western Australia and Victoria respectively over the winter.
SA yet to name their squad
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The other 2 matches: WA v. Q'land and Vics v. Tas.
Q'land squad: Marnus Labuschagne (c), Jack Clayton, Lachlan Hearne, Usman Khawaja, Ben McDermott, Michael Neser, Jimmy Peirson, Matthew Renshaw, Mark Steketee, Tom Straker, Mitchell Swepson, Jack Wildermuth
Marnus Labuschagne will skipper the Bulls for the first time since being appointed the state's full-time captain, while his predecessor and fellow Test batter Usman Khawaja will also turn out in Perth.
WA to announce their squad
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Victoria squad: yet to be announced
Tasmania squad: yet to be announced
Q'land squad: Marnus Labuschagne (c), Jack Clayton, Lachlan Hearne, Usman Khawaja, Ben McDermott, Michael Neser, Jimmy Peirson, Matthew Renshaw, Mark Steketee, Tom Straker, Mitchell Swepson, Jack Wildermuth
Marnus Labuschagne will skipper the Bulls for the first time since being appointed the state's full-time captain, while his predecessor and fellow Test batter Usman Khawaja will also turn out in Perth.
WA to announce their squad
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Victoria squad: yet to be announced
Tasmania squad: yet to be announced
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Victoria 2/164. Harris 82*, Handscomb 70*.
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Harris hits his 29th. fc century and 7th. at the Junction Oval.
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Vic. 4/285. Harris 143, Handscomb 123*, Bell 2/38.
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NSW 4/234. Sam Konstas 122*, Philippe 38*.
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