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When the Australian team heads out onto the WACA for first Test of the summer, the side should be very different to to the one that toured to Sri Lanka.
Josh Hazlewood had no impact during the second and third Tests, taking just two wickets in the second and none in the third.
John Holland was lucky to be picked and didn’t justify his selection.
Usman Khawaja and Joe Burns were rightfully dropped because they didn’t score runs, while veteran Adam Voges didn’t score runs either.
Peter Nevill underperformed with the bat and missed a number of chances with the gloves.
Mitch Marsh still averages 24 with the bat and can’t seriously be considered a top six batsman while Moisés Henriques was just lucky to be there.
David Warner
Warner wasn’t at his best this series yet he still managed to do better than most of the other batsman in the side.
Shaun Marsh
Marsh justified his selection in the side with a brilliant century and should be able to go on and lock down a spot in the team.
Steve Smith
Smith was by far Australia’s best batsman in Sri Lanka scoring 247 runs.
Peter Handscomb
Handscomb had a good shield season for Victoria averaging 43 with the bat. Recently he has also performed well for Australia A and is considered one of Australia’s best players of spin, something that should come in handy when Australia tours India early next year.
George Bailey
Bailey adds some experience to Test side and should add to the five Tests he played during the 2013-14 Ashes. He averaged 47 last season in the shield and his IPL experience will be valuable when Australia tours India next year.
Glenn Maxwell
Many consider Maxwell to be a short form specialist, but seeing as he averaged 56 last season in the shield he should be in the Test side.
Chris Hartley
The most important thing for a wicketkeeper to do is keep, and the best keeper in Australia is Queensland veteran Chris Hartley. Earlier this season Hartley took his 500th Sheffield Shield catch. Hartley is also handy with the bat averaging 44 in the recent Shield season.
Mitchell Starc
Without fast bowler Mitchell Starc, Australia’s tour of Sri Lanka would’ve been a whole lot worse, easily Australia’s first player picked.
Joe Mennie
While the Test side was being torn to shreds, Joe Mennie was playing for Austalia A, he was named man of the match in first game of the series taking seven wickets. Mennie was also the leading wicket taker in the shield taking 51 wickets.
Nathan Lyon
Nathan Lyon was Australia’s second best bowler in Sri Lanka taking 16 wickets.
Jackson Bird
After making his return to the Test side against New Zealand up in February, Bird didn’t play against Sri Lanka because the selectors opted to play two spinners instead.
12th man: Chad Sayers
Sayers ran the drinks in New Zealand and after good shield season should get to do it again this summer.
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