SA wary of Warriors' batting power

The imposing form of Western Australia's batting line-up has South Australian coach Wayne Phillips wary ahead of tomorrow's ING Cup match at Adelaide Oval.

The two sides have already met at the WACA in the season opener of the domestic one-day competition last month, with the Warriors' batsmen amassing 5-293 from their 50 overs.

It set up a 99-run win, which gave WA a bonus point and continued SA's dismal one-day form from last season, in which the Redbacks won just one of 10 matches and regularly conceded bonus points.

The Warriors followed that by posting a total of 280 against New South Wales at North Sydney Oval last Sunday, although the Blues managed to overhaul that total.

WA batsmen Mike Hussey and Murray Goodwin have been in sparkling form, the pair both scoring brisk half-centuries against SA and Hussey following that with a century against the Blues at better than a run per ball.

And, with WA skipper Justin Langer emerging from an early season form slump with an unbeaten 163 against NSW on the final day of their Pura Cup match yesterday, Phillips said the Warriors would be hard to contain.

"The WA line-up is tremendously capable and pretty dangerous with the bat," Phillips said.

"We will need to play in a disciplined way to contain them.

"They are a pretty impressive one-day unit."

But Phillips added the Redbacks had improved since their loss to WA, with a confidence-boosting win against Tasmania at Bellerive Oval last Saturday.

It was inspired by a brilliant all-round performance by veteran off-spinner John Davison, who belted 59 from 63 balls, then took 5-26.

Phillips said Davison, who represented his native Canada at the World Cup this year and notched the tournament's fastest ever century, had gained plenty of confidence from his World Cup heroics.

"He's a pretty complete package when he's in form, there's no doubt about it," Phillips said.

He said his mostly young, inexperienced side was still learning how to approach limited overs cricket and would reap huge benefits from the win over the Tigers.

"It's a general understanding and a general plan about the way they play the game and how best to play one-day cricket," he said.

"We have got a few ideas we're trying to get the players to learn.

"The players certainly enjoyed being part of a winning side.

"That's something that can encourage us and motivate us and that makes us a much more competitive outfit."

WA has named all-rounder Kade Harvey in its squad for what would be his first ING Cup match of the season after off-season knee surgery.

SA squad: Greg Blewett (captain), Andy Flower, Mark Cleary, Mark Higgs, Mark Cosgrove, Ben Johnson, John Davison, Trent Kelly, Shane Deitz, Graham Manou, Callum Ferguson, Paul Rofe.

WA squad: Justin Langer (captain), Michael Hussey, Ryan Campbell, Beau Casson, Murray Goodwin, Kade Harvey, Shaun Marsh, Scott Meuleman, Marcus North, Chris Rogers, Callum Thorp, Paul Wilson and Peter Worthington.