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Australia
1st Test Match
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All of England's players are fit so they had to trim two men from their squad. Ian Bell has returned to play for Warwickshire so the final choice was between Monty Panesar and Graham Onions. Panesar had a much longer workout in the nets than Onions on Tuesday, and eventually was given the chance to partner Graeme Swann
England 1 Andrew Strauss (capt), 2 Alastair Cook, 3 Ravi Bopara, 4 Kevin Pietersen, 5 Paul Collingwood, 6 Matt Prior (wk), 7 Andrew Flintoff, 8 Stuart Broad, 9 Graeme Swann, 10 James Anderson, 11 Monty Panesar.
Lee's stomach injury has seriously disrupted Australia's plans and left a delicate choice for the tourists. Picking Nathan Hauritz alongside Johnson, Siddle and Clark would have been the most orthodox option, even though the offspinner has found county batsmen a challenge in the two warm-ups. But Ben Hilfenhaus was eventually given the go-ahead, in place of the unlucky Stuart Clark.
Australia 1 Simon Katich, 2 Phillip Hughes, 3 Ricky Ponting (capt), 4 Michael Hussey, 5 Michael Clarke, 6 Marcus North, 7 Brad Haddin (wk), 8 Mitchell Johnson, 9 Nathan Hauritz, 10 Ben Hilfenhaus, 11 Peter Siddle.
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