20 players have been announced as probables for the ICC XI test team to face Australia. Out of the 20 announced, i would leave out the following 9 - Sachin Tendulkar, Brendon McCullum, Daniel Vettori, Makhaya Ntini, Shaun Pollock, Younis Khan, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Andrew Flintoff and Graeme Smith. Tendulkar and Pollock lose out on current form. Brendon McCullum loses out to Boucher on his batting. Ntini would be the third fast bowler if a game is played in Perth. Chanderpaul and Younis are not in the same class as the other batsmen. Flintoff loses out to Kallis because of Kallis's better batting record while Graeme Smith loses out the opening slot and the captaincy narrowly to Vaughan on experience. Ntini would also be a cover for Shoaib Akhtar for the second test (assuming Akhtar's injury record holds).
So the team in batting order for the first test would be
1. Virender Sehwag
2. Michael Vaughan (Captain)
3. Rahul Dravid
4. Inzamam-ul-Haq
5. Brian Lara
6. Jacques Kallis
7. Mark Boucher
8. Anil Kumble
9. Muttiah Murlidharan
10. Steve Harmison
11. Shoaib Akhtar
12. Makhaya Ntini (12th man)
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