Nathan Coulter-Nile replaces injured Mitchell Starc in Australia squad for

Coulter-Nile will replace Mitchell Starc in the squad after the latter fractured his foot in the recent third Test against New Zealand and was ruled out for a few weeks.

National selectors will be forced to make one change to the XI, with Pattinson coming in for injured spearhead Mitchell Starc.

But their batting line-up in Brisbane is expected to be the same for the Bellerive Oval Test starting on December 10.

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“I had a week at home and had time to see a series when Australia came into the Caribbean”, Holder said in Brisbane, where the West Indies play at tour game against a Cricket Australia XI at Allan Border Field.

The 24-year-old all-rounder, however, said Australia’s series against New Zealand, which the hosts wrapped up 2-0 in Adelaide on Wednesday night, had revealed some chinks in the armour of the number two side in the world.

“Steve Waugh stood up to the West Indian fast bowlers, he had a good rivalry with Curtly Ambrose, and I took a lot from that”.

Pat Cummins, another promising young fast bowler, remains sidelined with a serious back injury, while Mitchell Johnson’s retirement has further stretched Australia’s fast bowling resources.

The team has arrived after a disappointing tour of Sri Lanka that brought just one victory (in a T20 match), and with just four players – Marlon Samuels, Kemar Roach, Jerome Taylor and Denesh Ramdin – who have previous Test experience Down Under. “His seven-wicket haul against Western Australia showed just what he can do at an elite level”.

“We’re anxious about players breaking down but we’ve got to trust medical staff, we’ve got to trust the players”.

“In an ideal world we would have liked Nathan Coulter-Nile to have played some more Sheffield Shield cricket”, Marsh said.

“We are just focusing on getting ourselves ready for taking on Australia”.

“It wasn’t easy for the team”, he said of the ban on Simmons, who oversaw a 1-1 draw with England in his first Test series in charge in April.

Test squad David Warner, Joe Burns, Steven Smith (capt), Adam Voges, Shaun Marsh, Mitchell Marsh, Peter Nevill (wk), Peter Siddle, James Pattinson, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Josh Hazlewood, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland (standby).