Knuckles
Ted Thorn (20)
The bowling stocks look promising for the next few years - Pattinson, Siddle, Hilfenhaus, Starc, Cummins, Mitch Johnson, Hazlewood - good mix of guys who can bring real pace, seam, swing and aggro. I hope the "team" bowling continues along this theme, and is not a false dawn. They seem to be working well as a unit.
The batting looks thin at the moment, but guys like Khawaja, Hughes might come strong, Warner may stamp his place. Marsh looks classy, despite a Test to forget. Given Paine looks dicey, we need a good keeper / batsman to replace Haddin soonish.
I gotta be honest. I completely disagree with Mitch Johnson being grouped in your comment cyclo. It astonishes me how many wickets he gets from blokes chasing wide ones. He does nothing through the air or off the pitch........or atleast very rarely. The reason being that he does absolutely nothing to protect the seam. More often than not the seam is scrambled and that negates the swing and movement off the pitch. A lot of the credit for the bowling improvement surely must go to Craig McDermott. He has them pitching up more, which allows the ball to swing. Hopefully he can improve Johnson as well and then I will be happy to proved wrong.
The batting probably isn't looking as thin after the Sydney test as it has in recent matches however I believe the top 3 have once again failed. Dropping Khawaja was harsh and picking Marsh after a T20 match still wreaks of Tim Nielsen's philosophies. the problem is, with Shield cricket being nowhere near as strong as it was, there is no-one standing up with sheer runs saying pick me. And Katich should never have been dropped. Maybe if Watson ever gets fit again they drop Marsh, promote Punter to 3, Clarke to 4, Hussey to 5 and bring Watto in at 6. As for the keeper, I like the look of the young Victorian gloveman.........though admittedly his name escapes me.