| 1 | Justin Langer opening batter | Graeme Smith (c) opening batter |
| 2 | Matthew Hayden opening batter | Virender Sehwag top-order batter |
| 3 | Ricky Ponting (c) top-order batter | Rahul Dravid top-order batter |
| 4 | Michael Clarke middle-order batter | Brian Lara batter |
| 5 | Simon Katich batter | Jacques Kallis allrounder |
| 6 | Adam Gilchrist † wicketkeeper batter | Inzamam-ul-Haq batter |
| 7 | Shane Watson allrounder | Andrew Flintoff allrounder |
| 8 | Shane Warne bowler | Mark Boucher † wicketkeeper batter |
| 9 | Brett Lee bowler | Daniel Vettori allrounder |
| 10 | Glenn McGrath bowler | Steve Harmison |
| 11 | Stuart MacGill bowler | Muthiah Muralidaran bowler |
