Stuart Clark has been named New South Wales captain for the upcoming Sheffield Shield and one-day matches against Western Australia in Perth, with regular leader Simon Katich away on national duty.
The news will be a boost for Clark, who was overlooked for the first Test against West Indies starting next Thursday. This will Clark's first captaincy stint in first-class cricket, an opportunity he gets after impressing the team management with his tactics when he led the Blues in a couple of warm-up matches ahead of the Champions League Twenty20.
It will be a weakened Blues that Clark leads as six first-choice players - including Katich, Michael Clarke and Brad Haddin - are part of Australia's squad for the West Indies Test in Brisbane.
The Blues will take on the Warriors in a 50-over match on November 25 at the WACA, with the Sheffield Shield game to start two days later.
NSW one-day squad: Stuart Clark (capt), Burt Cockley, Phillip Hughes, Moises Henriques, Josh Hazlewood, Phil Jaques, Dominic Thornely, Grant Lambert, Steven Smith, Daniel Smith (wk), Ben Rohrer, David Warner.
NSW Sheffield Shield squad: Stuart Clark (capt), Burt Cockley, Phil Hughes, Moises Henriques, Josh Hazlewood, Phil Jaques, Uzman Khawaja, Grant Lambert, Steven Smith, Daniel Smith (wk), Ben Rohrer, David Warner
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