Australia

Having finesse with the bat to slice the ball at impossible angles, Clarke is also a handy spinner too. The skipper has been struggling with injury issues ahead of the World.

George Bailey is a destructive top order Australian batsman, who could also lead the team in Clarke’s absence.

Cummins, who made his test debut as a teenager, can regularly bowl faster than 145 km/h. He bowls lethally with the new ball.

Doherty is a left-arm spinner, who is generally Australia’s first-choice for ODIs as a spin bowler.

A brilliant all-rounder and is dexterous as he bowl left-arm medium pace and is a right-hand batsman, Faulkner has the ability to pick keys wickets and has also played memorable innings in the dying moments for Australia and has brought matches out of opponents jaws.

A devastating batsman, Finch has made his name written in cricket history books when he scored a Twenty20 world-record 156 against England in 2013, an innings which also included a record 14 sixes.

After being shadowed with legendary Adam Gilchrist presence in the squad, wicket-keeper batsman Haddin made up for lost time becoming vice-captain to Michael Clarke and a key senior figure in team with development in progress.

Making his presence felt at an early age of 17 in Australia, 24-year-old Hazlewood is a pace bowler.

Johnson leads Australia’s pace attack, and is capable of reaching 155kph and can bowl precisely as well.

An all-rounder, who bats at top order, lanky Marsh idolizes former Australian captain Steve Waugh and former South African all-rounder Jacques Kallis. Marsh led Australia Under-19 team to victory in the 2010 World Cup in New Zealand.

All-rounder Maxwell has the ability to pile quick runs even under pressure and can singlehandedly propel his team to victory. He also bowls off-break.

Smith made his place in all the three formats of the game soon after debuting. He started his career as a legspinner and batsman, but now he has taken batting as his specialist field.

The lanky left-armer Mitchell Starc has the ability to generate pace, bounce and bring the ball back into the right-hander, which makes him as Australia’s most promising young fast bowler.

Dangerous opening batsman, David Warner has made a unique debut for Australia since he was first Australian for over a century to wear national colors without playing first-class cricket.

Dangerous opening batsman, David Warner has made a unique debut for Australia since he was first Australian for over a century to wear national colors without playing first-class cricket.