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New South Wales captain Stuart Clark says the success of his state's decision not to recruit a big-name import for this summer's domestic Twenty20 competition will be judged by their results.
The Blues, who made a winning start to the tournament against South Australia on Tuesday, take on Western Australia in their first home encounter of the competition at Sydney's Olympic stadium on Sunday.
But while the Warriors will go into the match with West Indian superstar Chris Gayle and England quick Sajid Mahmood, the Blues have opted against recruiting an overseas star.
"I think we've got a depth of cricketer, there's some guys missing out that could easily play for a few other states," Clark said.
"That's not to say that we wouldn't have gone for the right import but we made a decision that we wanted to go for the right import and he had to be a world-class player and someone who would add to our team.
"Whether we're right or wrong, we'll know shortly.
"(But) unless he was going to add, or do, something that was completely different like a Keiron Pollard then we weren't going to do that, we were going to back our youth.
"I suppose we saw with South Australia, they signed Adil Rashid who's a fine county player but there's got to be a question mark over whether he's adding to their team or not."
The Warriors opened their campaign with a 63-run loss to Tasmania, continuing a disappointing domestic season for the team coached by former South African boss Mickey Arthur.
"Obviously Chris Gayle is a world class player, especially at this form of the game," Clark said of WA's drawcard.
"Big guy, hits the ball a long way.
"They're a good team, they've obviously struggled but Mickey Arthur's a good coach and they're trying to move forward in the right direction.
"Like most things it takes time but if we don't play good cricket they'll teach us how to play the game."
Sunday's match begins at 7:00pm (AEDT).
- AAP
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