Nathan Lyon has been named in a 12-player New South Wales squad for a Sheffield Shield match against reigning champions South Australia, starting Wednesday, November 11 at Cricket Central.
The off-spinner returns after Australia's tour of South Africa and is using the four-day match to begin his preparations for the home Test series against New Zealand.
Lyon joins a squad captained by Nic Maddinson that also features Sean Abbott, Oliver Davies, Ben Dwarshuis, Liam Hatcher, Ryan Hicks, Sam Konstas, Kurtis Patterson, Will Salzmann, Jake Scott and Lachlan Shaw.
Jack Edwards is unavailable for the match because of his involvement in Australia's ODI series against England. Bryce Jackson has dropped out of the NSW squad.
South Australia arrive at Cricket Central as the Sheffield Shield's most dominant side. The Redbacks beat Victoria by 56 runs in last season's final at Junction Oval to claim their 15th title and secure back-to-back premierships for the first time in the state's history.
The match is being played at Cricket Central, the home of Cricket NSW at Wilson Park in Sydney Olympic Park. The purpose-built venue opened in 2022 and regularly hosts Sheffield Shield, Marsh One-Day Cup and WBBL fixtures.
Play is scheduled to start at 10.30am AEDT on Wednesday and the match is set down to run until Saturday, November 14. It will be broadcast live on cricket.com.au and streamed on Kayo Sports.