{"id":944762,"date":"2026-10-29T04:50:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T04:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/944762\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T04:50:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T04:50:16","slug":"jackson-bird-returns-to-sheffield-shield-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/944762\/","title":{"rendered":"Jackson Bird returns to Sheffield Shield Squad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tasmania\u2019s all time leading Sheffield Shield wicket taker could be injected for his first match of the season against NSW starting tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson Bird, who has missed the start of the summer after suffering a pre-season injury, has been named in a 16-player squad for the clash against the Blues at Ninja Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Tim Ward &#8211; who was a late withdrawal from the match against Victoria after hurting himself in the warm up &#8211; has been named, as has Scott Mason medallist Ben McDermott, who overcame severe back spasms to score a brilliant century in the thrilling victory over the Vics.<\/p>\n<p>Brad Hope and Nivethan Radhakrishnan have also been added to the squad, while Marcus Bean is being rested.<\/p>\n<p>The full 16-player squad is:<\/p>\n<p>Gabe Bell<br \/>\nJackson Bird<br \/>\nNikhil Chaudhary<br \/>\nJake Doran<br \/>\nBrad Hope<br \/>\nCaleb Jewell<br \/>\nRaf MacMillan<br \/>\nBen McDermott<br \/>\nRiley Meredith<br \/>\nAidan O&#8217;Connor<br \/>\nMitch Owen<br \/>\nWill Prestwidge<br \/>\nNivethan Radhakrishnan<br \/>\nJordan Silk (c)<br \/>\nTim Ward<br \/>\nTeague Wyllie<\/p>\n<p>Ins: Jackson Bird, Brad Hope, Nivethan Radhakrishnan<br \/>Outs: Marcus Bean<\/p>\n<p>Match Details<\/p>\n<p>Tasmania vs NSW<br \/>Sheffield Shield<br \/>30 October &#8211; 2 November<br \/>Ninja Stadium<\/p>\n<p>Gates open: 10:00am<\/p>\n<p>Entry is free for spectators wishing to sit on the hill or in the grandstands. The Northern Gate will be open from 10:00am each day, and the Hurricanes Caf\u00e9 will be serving food and beverages throughout the match.<\/p>\n<p>For Members:<\/p>\n<p>The Members Pavilion will also be open from 10:00am each day of the Sheffield Shield match. If you&#8217;re not yet a member and would like access, visit the Customer Hub between 10:00am and 2:00pm, Monday to Friday, to purchase a Cricket Tasmania Membership. Hot food will be available to purchase for Members in the Member&#8217;s Pavillion, with a complimentary afternoon tea being served at tea break in play.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The match will be broadcast live on Kayo Sports &amp; cricket.com.au<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tasmania\u2019s all time leading Sheffield Shield wicket taker could be injected for his first match of the season&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":944763,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85,83],"class_list":["post-944762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports","tag-text"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/944762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=944762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/944762\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/944763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=944762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=944762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=944762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}