NSW batsman Michael Bevan is no stranger to achieving the impossible on the cricket field, but even his claims that the Blues can still make the Pura Cup final sound hollow.

Bevan, once again one of the leading run scorers in the Pura Cup competition this season, will lead a sputtering Blues batting line-up into the four day game against Queensland at the SCG starting tomorrow.

And the Australian one-day star says NSW is still a chance of making the Pura Cup final despite sitting eight points behind second-placed South Australia and 16 behind the Bulls on the four day ladder.

"We have two games to go," Bevan said.

"It would be great to finish on a positive note in the Pura Cup competition.

"It's feasible for us to make the final. That's really our goal, our objective.

"I still think we can win the last two games. Whether that gets us to the final (remains to be seen)."

In truth, it would take nothing short of a miracle for the Blues to make the final.

Even their one-day heroics - NSW won the ING Cup against Queensland on Sunday - failed to disguise the fact the Blues haven't picked up a point in the Pura Cup competition since November last year.

Only a defiant last wicket stand between Mark Higgs and Stuart Clark against Western Australia saved NSW from its fourth outright loss this season at its most recent Pura Cup outing.

Bevan, who is expected to be named in the Australian one-day side this weekend to tour South Africa, chimed in with a pair of half-centuries in that game and has once again been the mainstay of NSW's batting attack this season.

The one day wizard has scored 685 runs in six Pura Cup matches at an average of 68.50 and has been a shining light for the Blues along with youngster Michael Clarke and Clark.

Clarke and Clark have both been mooted as candidates for the one-day series against the Proteas after enjoying break-out seasons.

Clarke heads into the game against the Bulls with 498 runs at an average of 41.5 while Clark has taken 35 wickets at 22.74.

They can expect another searching test from Queensland, which will be bent on revenge after the one-day loss and welcomes back captain Stuart Law after he made his return from a broken knuckle in the ING Cup final.

Former Test paceman Michael Kasprowicz also returns to the Pura Cup competition after playing in the ING Cup final following a hamstring injury.

"We have had a couple of players out of form, senior players have been missing with injuries and Australian commitments," Bevan said today as he explained the Blues' disappointing Pura Cup form.

"But as NSW players we don't look to make excuses, I just think it's players not stepping up to the plate.

"But I'd like to think the motivation is there to play well for NSW and to finish up as high as possible in the competition."

NSW: Shane Lee (c), Michael Bevan, Nathan Bracken, Stuart Clark, Michael Clarke, Brad Haddin, Mark Higgs, Grant Lambert, Don Nash, Matthew Phelps, Corey Richards, Dale Turner.

Queensland: Stuart Law (c), Jimmy Maher, Brendan Nash, Martin Love, Andrew Symonds, Lee Carseldine, Wade Seccombe, Ashley Noffke, Nathan Hauritz, Michael Kasprowicz, Joe Dawes, Scott Brant.

© 2002 AAP