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Cricket Australia will summon its big guns after the so-called second stringers misfired against Sri Lanka in the one-day match in Adelaide, losing by eight wickets.
Captain Michael Clarke, wicketkeeper Matthew Wade and explosive batsman David Warner will be recalled for Friday’s game in Brisbane.
And injured pacemen Mitchell Starc (calf) and Mitchell Johnson (side strain) are fit after missing the Adelaide loss.
Coach Mickey Arthur says captain Clarke, Wade and Warner will return after sitting out the initial two one-dayers with enforced rests.
He said Starc and Johnson both could have played on Sunday if the stakes had been high enough.
“It was a safety first issue, if it was a semi-final of a World Cup, they both would have played, but it wasn’t,” Arthur said, ahead on Monday’s team announcement.
Starc was withdrawn with calf soreness from the series-opening victory in Melbourne last Friday.
And Johnson was a pre-game withdrawal with a nagging side complaint.
“Mitchell Johnson … has got some pain in the side which started in the Sydney Test match,” Arthur said.
“We played him through that Sydney Test match, he bowled through it.
“He bowled through the (opening) one-dayer, it flared up a little bit again.
“And it was not worth the risk (in Adelaide). He will be available again and bowling flat out come Friday night in Brisbane.”
Wade will take the spot of wicketkeeper Brad Haddin, who was forced from the field on Sunday with a hamstring strain.
And Warner appears set to tip Aaron Finch from opening the batting, with Finch making just 20 runs in the initial two one-dayers.
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