Australia's selectors have rewarded form and chosen a good squad for the Tests against Pakistan but the real challenge will be finding a balanced XI

With his success on the domestic circuit and a style similar to Rangana Herath, Australia will hope Steve O'Keefe can emulate the Sri Lankan spinner during the UAE tour

Aaron Finch has been named as Australia's new Twenty20 captain, succeeding George Bailey, who stepped down from the role on Sunday

Spinner Steve O'Keefe could finally be given a chance at Test cricket after being named in Australia's squad to play Pakistan in the UAE in October

George Bailey has endorsed Aaron Finch as a potential captain of Australia's Twenty20 team and said that discovering a world-class T20 spinner should be Australia's priority in the shortest form

George Bailey has stood down as Australia's Twenty20 captain to focus on his World Cup preparation and increase his chances of a Test recall by playing more first-class cricket for Tasmania

Improving their game against spin and reverse swing will be top of Australia's agenda after their performance in the tri-series in Zimbabwe

Australia's captain Michael Clarke will face a race against time to prove his fitness for the series against Pakistan in the UAE after scans confirmed an injury to his left hamstring

Australia thought victory over Zimbabwe was a sure thing but they were courting trouble by underestimating their opponents

Michael Clarke believes Phillip Hughes is a strong contender to open the batting with Aaron Finch in Zimbabwe after his remarkable form for Australia A over the winter

Australia's coach Darren Lehmann has conceded his men will be rusty when they tour Zimbabwe this month but he said their long winter's break was needed after an exhausting 12 months of cricket

Shane Watson will miss Australia's one-day tour of Zimbabwe after stepping on a ball and rolling his ankle at training in Brisbane on Saturday

Brad Haddin has set himself the goal of returning to England for the 2015 Ashes after the joy of regaining the urn last summer in a series he believes showed England were "petrified" of Mitchell Johnson

Former Test batsman Greg Blewett has joined the growing list of ex-players called upon to help coach Australia, having been named as a fielding consultant for their next two tours

Phillip Hughes is used to getting bad news from Australia's selectors, having been dropped from the Test team three times, but captain Michael Clarke believes Hughes will become a permanent fixture in Australia's side over the next decade

Offspinner Nathan Lyon has gone from Test specialist to World Cup contender after being named in Australia's squad for the one-day tri-series in Zimbabwe later this month

Michael Clarke's short-term goals were made clear this week: regain the No.1 Test ranking after South Africa claimed it back on Monday. His long-term aims are somewhat more grandiose: help Australian cricket move in the right direction "for the next 10, 2

Batsman Shaun Marsh has been ruled out of Australia's next two tours with an elbow injury, while fast bowler Ryan Harris has also been officially declared unavailable for the series against Pakistan in the UAE

Test cricket could return to far-northern Australia in 2017, with Bangladesh listed to visit for two Tests in August of that year, according to a draft of the new Future Tours Programme seen by ESPNcricinfo

Michael Clarke has quit the Sydney Thunder due to Australia's hectic international summer schedule for this season