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Throb · Thu Dec 07, 2006 11:36 pm PANESAR TO PLAY

Tour match, Lilac Hill: Cricket Australia Chairman's XI v England
Play starts Friday 0230 GMT

England XI: Alec Stewart (capt), Chris Read, Ed Joyce, Sajid Mahmood, Liam Plunkett, Monty Panesar, Adam Hollioake, Robin Smith, Jon Lewis, Owais Shah, Jamie Dalrymple.

CA Chairman's XI: Justin Langer (capt), Luke Ronchi (wk), Chris Rogers, Luke Pomersbach, Marcus North, Adam Voges, Brett Dorey, Sean Ervine, Peter Worthington, Ryan Campbell, Chris Matthews, Jo Angel.

Monty Panesar gets a chance to show he can do more than carry out the drinks when England play a Cricket Australia Chairman's XI at Lilac Hill on Friday.

The left-arm spinner, controversially left out of the first two Ashes Tests, will play in a team captained by former England captain Alec Stewart.

Fellow retirees Robin Smith and Adam Hollioake also play against a team led by Australia star opener Justin Langer.

None of the team picked by England for the first two Tests will play.
Instead, the five squad players yet to appear in this series and a trio of players from the Academy make up the numbers.

The match is a one-day affair and is followed by a more official two-day warm-up in Perth against Western Australia.

dayoff · Fri Dec 08, 2006 12:36 am

monty, about time, its his chance to show he can take wickets,