Queensland go into Tuesday’s one-day cup match against Western Australia at North Sydney Oval knowing a win will confirm their spot in Sunday’s final.
Queensland are without experienced allrounder James Hopes with former Test offspinner Nathan Hauritz taking over the captaincy duties for the match.
The Bulls won the toss and elected to field with much focus again on the form and fitness of Australian Test bowling spearhead Ryan Harris ahead of next month’s Ashes series.
Veteran batsman Simon Katich will play the fourth and final match of his brief stint for Western Australia, having recently returned to Australian domestic cricket after an 18-month absence.
Test spinner Ashton Agar has again been omitted from the Warriors’ line-up.
NSW will meet South Australia in a day-night contest later on Tuesday at Drummoyne Oval in the final match ahead of Thursday’s preliminary final.
Queensland: Usman Khawaja, James Peirson, Greg Moller, Nathan Reardon, Chris Lynn, Jason Floros, Ben Cutting, Nathan Hauritz, Matthew Gale, Ryan Harris, Luke Feldman, Michael Neser (12th man).
Western Australia: Cameron Bancroft, Shaun Marsh, John Rogers, Marcus North, Simon Katich, Sam Whiteman, Hilton Cartwright, Nathan Rimmington, Andrew Tye, Ryan Duffield, Michael Beer, Ashton Turner (12th man).