INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY - Wales v Luxembourg
Venue: Parc y Scarlets Date: Wednesday, 11 August Kick-off: 1945 BST
Coverage: Live commentary on BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Cymru & online and score updates on BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Sport website
John Toshack has handed first Wales places to Cardiff defender Darcy Blake and Millwall striker Steve Morison for Wednesday's friendly with Luxembourg.
Wales Under-21 international Blake, 21, has been rewarded by the manager for his form in Cardiff City's play-off push at the end of last season.
Morison, 26, answers Toshack's squad call for the game in Llanelli after the Welsh FA discovered his Welsh ancestry.
James Collins and Lewin Nyatanga have been ruled out by injury.
Fit-again defender Danny Gabbidon, 30, has been left to continue his recovery from groin and hamstring injuries with West Ham.
Also on the absent list are Joe Allen (shoulder) and long-term casualties Aaron Ramsey and Jack Collison.
Wales captain Bellamy is included, having missed the last five Wales friendlies and last four Wales internationals
But Manchester City may want to keep the 31-year-old striker with them for the build-up to their first Premier League game at Tottenham Hotspur on 14 August.
Other Premier League stars including Gareth Bale and Dave Edwards have also been included.
Wales have won all five of their previous showdowns with Luxembourg ahead of the Parc y Scarlets game that coincides with the first round of the 2010/11 Carling Cup.
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While the Football Association of Wales fear they will find clubs reluctant to lose their players, Wales have at least been boosted by the discovery in May that Millwall's Steve Morison had a grandmother born in Tredegar.
After being watched by Wales assistant Roy Evans, Morison, who scored 23 goals in Millwall's successful League One promotion campaign, has been named in Toshack's squad.
The former England non-league international strengthens a forward-line pool that includes Bellamy, Robert Earnshaw, Simon Church, Sam Vokes and Ched Evans.
Morrison, who signed for Millwall for £130,000 from then non-league Stevenage Borough in the summer of 2009, impressed in his first League One campaign.
The 6ft 2in forward began his career at Northampton Town before drawing attention during his time in non-league for Blue Square South side Bishop's Stortford and then Blue Square Premier side Stevenage.
His goals inspired Stevenage to two FA Trophy triumphs at Wembley - Morrison scoring in both finals against Kidderminster Harriers in 2007 and York in 2009 - before Millwall's Welsh boss Kenny Jackett handed him a second league chance.
Blake was hailed as Cardiff's form player by his team-mates as an unbeaten 10-game run - including seven victories - sealed the Bluebirds' ultimately unsuccessful Championship play-off spot last season.
Blake has won 14 caps for Brian Flynn's Wales Under-21 side and marked top strikers like Gabriel Agbonlahor and Mario Balotelli on the international stage.
Wales squad to face Luxembourg at Llanelli's Parc y Scarlets: Jason Brown (Blackburn Rovers), Wayne Hennessey (Wolverhampton W), Boaz Myhill (WBA), Gareth Bale (Tottenham Hotspur), Darcy Blake (Cardiff City), Neal Eardley (Blackpool), Chris Gunter (Nottingham Forest), Craig Morgan (PNE), Sam Ricketts (Bolton Wanderers), Ashley Williams (Swansea City), Andrew Crofts (Norwich City), Simon Davies (Fulham), David Edwards (Wolverhampton W), Andy King (Leicester City), Joe Ledley (Celtic), Brian Stock (Doncaster Rovers), David Vaughan (Blackpool), Craig Bellamy (Manchester City), Simon Church (Reading), Robert Earnshaw (Nottingham Forest), Ched Evans (Sheffield United), Steve Morison (Millwall), Sam Vokes (Wolverhampton W - Loan Bristol City)
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