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New Soth Wales: Australian Test stars Steven Smith and Mitchell Starc will play their first Sheffield Shield matches in more than three years as the duo have been included in a 13-player New Soth Wales squad for the second round of the 2024/25 Sheffield Shield against Victoria at the MCG on Sunday.

Smith and Starc will join Nathan Lyon in the squad that also includes World Cup winner Sean Abbott and former Test seamer Jackson Bird. Moises Henriques will captain the team that also have Josh Philippe, Ollie Davies and Sam Konstas.

Starc last played Shield for NSW in the final of the 20/21 season, where the side went down to Queensland, while Smith last represented the state in first-class cricket in the 19/20 summer.