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Andrew Symonds of the Deccan Chargers - Source: Photosport
Andrew Symonds will be kept in cotton wool when Queensland fine-tune their pre-season preparation with a Twenty20 series in Darwin next month.
After recently completing a stint with English county Surrey, Symonds will be rested from the Bulls' Top End trip along with some other big names including Australian international Ryan Harris who is recovering from knee surgery.
A Bulls spokesman said Symonds was not considered for the Twenty20 series against Australia's Champions League qualifiers Victoria and South Australia and would link with Queensland "closer to the 2010-11 Big Bash series".
Others rested from the Darwin trip are Bulls veterans Chris Hartley, Chris Swan and Lee Carseldine while paceman Ben Cutting is recovering from ankle surgery.
Five players in the 15-strong Queensland squad will taste Twenty20 cricket for the first time - leg-spinner Cameron Boyce, batsman Ryan Broad, allrounder Jason Floros and pacemen Luke Feldman and Scott Walter.
The Twenty20 series will be held from August 25 to September 1.
Bulls squad: Chris Simpson (capt), Cameron Boyce, Ryan Broad, Ben Dunk, Luke Feldman, Jason Floros, Wade Townsend, Ben Laughlin, Chris Lynn, Alister McDermott, Nathan Rimmington, Nathan Reardon, Craig Philipson, James Hopes, Scott Walter.
