The Blues winger, who has been sidelined for almost a month having picked up a hamstring injury during Australia's international friendly against Norway at Craven Cottage last month, has been named in the starting XI for the Barclays Premier Reserves League (north) clash at Durham FC against bottom of the table Sunderland.
Blues Reserves: Bennett, Parratt, Lazaridis, Martin Taylor, Painter, Clemence, Birley, Alsop, Till, Barrowman, Motteram. Subs: Bagnall, Howell, Hinks, Blake, Price.
Sunderland Reserves: Alnwick, Lynch, Dodds, Thornton, N. Collins, D, Collins, Ryan, Leadbitter, Brown, Bridges, Welsh.