Pace bowler Nathan Bracken has been named ahead of legspinner Stuart MacGill for Australia in the first Test.
Australia's fast bowler Jason Gillespie's comeback hopes suffered a blow when he was ruled out of a first-class match with a bruised lung.
Australia's captain said the two rescued the side when it was under pressure.
Australia's three World Cup-winning captains are unified in their belief that under-fire skipper Michael Clarke is the right man to lead the team to a potential fifth tournament victory next March.
The speedster became only the second Australian bowler in 70 years to concede 200 runs in a Test innings.
The 27-year-old Lee has taken 151 wickets in 84 one-day internationals.
List of players who have claimed hat-tricks in the Cricket World Cup.
Pink-coloured cricket balls are ready to be used if the inaugural day-night Test match goes ahead in Australia in November, manufacturer Kookaburra said on Tuesday.
Australia have called uncapped fast bowler Stuart Clark into their squad for the third Ashes Test
"I always used to say the toughest people are Manhattan real estate guys and blah, blah. Now I say they're babies," the former New York-based real estate baron said, adding that the toughest are the political people.
Sydney-born Chris Rogers hit a double century for Leicestershire to deny Australia a win before the Ashes series.
Australia beat England by seven wickets to level the series 1-1.
The Australian pace bowling ace said one needs to have 'inherent qualities' and 'muscular efficiency' to bowl fast.
All-rounder Shane Watson swore he saw ghosts at the Lumley Castle hotel in Chester-le-Street, where Australians are staying.
The Australian fast bowler said the India-Australia Test series could be termed the unofficial world championship and is now more important than the Ashes.
Cricket should be seen as a game only and not be mixed with politics, former Indian Test cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar said.
It was only the third time in his career that world number one Woods had missed the cut.
Great chefs are alchemists. They put ingredients and flavours together in ways that are sometimes unfathomable, says Rahul Jacob.
Australian speedster Brett Lee will be the brand ambassador of Timex' Billenium watches, and will make select appearances in India in coming months.
Chad Campbell fired a sizzling eight-under-par 64 to grab a two-stroke lead over fellow American Brett Wetterich after the first round of the $5.5 million Honda Classic.
The Australian fast bowler is poised to return to Test cricket after terrorising New Zealand in the recent one-day series.
Australia's coach says the Indian skipper's mental games have propped the confidence of his players.
They will replace fast bowler Jason Gillespie and all-rounder Ian Harvey, who are rested.
'Can Tendulkar recreate the magic of his youth?', asks advertising guru Sandeep Goyal.
Brett Lee and Jason Gillespie replace the duo in Australia's squad for the tri-series involving India and Zimbabwe.
'I felt Test cricket is just beyond my reach.' 'And slowly, slowly, I started doing well.' 'In the second Test against Pakistan, I scored a fifty and when we went to Sialkot I played a series-saving innings, which was a game changer for me.' 'At that stage that was the most important innings of my life.'
Andrew Symonds led the way with the bat and Glenn McGrath and Brett Lee claimed three wickets each in an 18-run victory.
Brett Lee captured four wickets and smashed 38 runs in a fine allround performance to steer Australia to a 73-run win over West Indies.
