NSW skipper Steve Smith has won the toss and chosen to bat first in the Sheffield Shield final against Western Australia in Canberra.
Smith said he was glad to win the toss as it gives his team a chance to control the game and the Manuka Oval wicket looks a little flatter than when the two sides met at the same venue last week.
The Warriors are contesting their first Shield final in 15 years, while NSW last lifted the trophy in 2008.
The Blues secured the hosting rights last week with a nail-biting three-wicket victory at the same ground and will only need a draw in the five-day final to win the Shield.
They are, however, without leading paceman Doug Bollinger who was called up to Australia’s squad for the World Twenty20 tournament in Bangladesh.
New South Wales: Steve Smith (c), Ryan Carters, Trent Copeland, Josh Hazlewood, Moises Henriques, Nathan Lyon, Nic Maddinson, Peter Nevill, Steve O’Keefe, Kurtis Patterson, Ben Rohrer, Sean Abbott (12th man).
Western Australia: Adam Voges (c), Ashton Agar, Cameron Bancroft, Jason Behrendorff, Ryan Duffield, Marcus Harris, Michael Hogan, Mitch Marsh, Shaun Marsh, Marcus North, Sam Whiteman, Ashton Turner (12th man).