Australia Squad For 1st Test at Brisbabne

Ricky Ponting captain Age: 35 years 337 days Playing role: Higher middle order batsman Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm medium	Michael Clarke vice-captain Age: 29 years 233 days Playing role: Lower middle order batsman Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Slow left-arm orthodox
Doug Bollinger Age: 29 years 120 days Playing role: Bowler Batting: Left-hand bat Bowling: Left-arm fast-medium	Xavier Doherty Age: 27 years 364 days Batting: Left-hand bat Bowling: Slow left-arm orthodox
Brad Haddin wicketkeeper Age: 33 years 29 days Playing role: Wicketkeeper batsman Batting: Right-hand bat	Ben Hilfenhaus Age: 27 years 251 days Playing role: Bowler Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium
Michael Hussey Age: 35 years 178 days Playing role: Higher middle order batsman Batting: Left-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm medium	Mitchell Johnson Age: 29 years 19 days Playing role: Bowler Batting: Left-hand bat Bowling: Left-arm fast
Simon Katich Age: 35 years 92 days Playing role: Batsman Batting: Left-hand bat Bowling: Slow left-arm chinaman	Usman Khawaja Age: 23 years 338 days Playing role: Higher middle order batsman Batting: Left-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm medium
Marcus North Age: 31 years 116 days Playing role: Lower middle order batsman Batting: Left-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm offbreak	Peter Siddle Age: 25 years 361 days Playing role: Bowler Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium
Shane Watson Age: 29 years 157 days Playing role: All-rounder Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium	Callum Ferguson withdrawn player Age: 26 years 0 days Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm medium
Ryan Harris withdrawn player Age: 31 years 41 days Playing role: All-rounder Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm fast	Nathan Hauritz withdrawn player Age: 29 years 34 days Playing role: Bowler Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm offbreak
Steven Smith withdrawn player Age: 21 years 172 days Playing role: All-rounder Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Legbreak googly