Michael Clarke (captain)
Sparkled with the bat in the Ashes and is sure to play a key role during the limited-overs matches, especially in Ricky Ponting’s absence. He has always been a technically accomplished batsman, superb slip fielder and useful left-arm spinner, but Clarke’s growing maturity is such that there seems little doubt he will eventually take over as captain.

Callum Ferguson
Highly regarded by the Australia hierachy since he was a junior, Ferguson had to wait until January for his senior bow. He served notice of his talent with an unbeaten 55 off 35 balls in the final one-day international of that series, against New Zealand, the first of three half-centuries in four innings, and is expected to figure prominently in England.

Nathan Hauritz
The off-spinner arrived on these shores ahead of the Ashes with barely a positive review from anyone outside the Australia camp, yet confounded the critics with valuable contributions in the five-day arena. Shane Warne he may not be, but Hauritz remains the only specialist slow bowler in the tourists’ squad and, as such, has a crucial role to play.

Ben Hilfenhaus
Another whose performances in the Test series surpassed his mediocre billing in the press beforehand. Hilfenhaus’ key attributes - an adherence to a good length and the ability to shape the ball away - were central to Australia’s Test strategy. Whether they suit the one-day game as much remains to be seen.

David Hussey
More than the younger brother of Mike, David Hussey is a formidable cricketer in his own right. A one-day regular for Australia, his form is hardly in doubt, having single-handedly kept Yorkshire at bay with 189 not out for Nottinghamshire in this year’s LV= County Championship. He also bowls serviceable off-spin.

Mitchell Johnson
Left-arm paceman who spent much of the Ashes series searching for the form that saw off South Africa earlier in the year and catapulted him on to the global stage. Quick, hostile and possessing a lethal late inswinger, Johnson’s bowling often overshadows his considerable batting prowess. Potentially a genuine all-rounder.

Brett Lee
At 32, the veteran of the Australia attack. He might not possess the speed of yesteryear, but he is certainly quick enough to hurry the game’s best. Only Glenn McGrath has taken more wickets for Australia in one-day cricket, and an average of 22 with the ball against England should serve as ample warning for Andrew Strauss and company.

Dirk Nannes
A cricketer with a hinterland. A skier and speaker of Japanese, Nannes did not play cricket between the ages of 17 to 22. But once established in Victoria’s Twenty20 side, the brisk left-armer has become a prized asset, turning out for Middlesex, the Indian Premier League franchise Delhi Daredevils. He even turned out for Netherlands in this summer’s ICC World Twenty20, having been shunned by Australia, but now has a shot at top-level international cricket with the country of his birth.

Tim Paine
Originally named in the squad as back-up wicketkeeper, Paine moved up the pecking order after Brad Haddin underwent surgery on a fractured finger. Should he get the chance to impress, Paine's performances for Australia A against Pakistan A recently - he made 134 at the top of the order - suggest Australia need not be overly concerned.

Adam Voges
Voges may only have eight first-class centuries to his name in over six years with Western Australia and Nottinghamshire, but he appears highly-rated by Australia’s selectors. He is most famous for his maiden one-day century in 2004-05, a 62-ball effort, the fastest in Australian domestic cricket at the time.

David Warner
An anomaly in modern cricket, the first man to walk out for Australia before playing first-class cricket since 1877. Indeed, 13 international caps down the line, he still only has a solitary Sheffield Shield appearance to his name. At 22, Warner will open the batting and hit hard, as evidenced in three international half-centuries, and fleeting Twenty20 appearances for Durham.

Shane Watson
Watson graduated from one-day all-rounder to Test opener during the Ashes, and his versatility is highly valued by Australia. A muscular yet technically correct batsman who favours the cut, he can bat anywhere in the top six. His bowling may have waned recently, but he can expect to be called upon at some stage.

Cameron White
One of the few members of the Australia squad to have plied their trade in county cricket, White’s exploits for Somerset, particularly in the Twenty20 Cup, are remembered fondly at Taunton. Destructive with the bat and offers bowling options with his leg-spin.

Wicketkeeper Brad Haddin withdrew from the squad after it was confirmed he required surgery to repair a fractured finger sustained during the Ashes.