Peter Siddle and James Pattinson have one match to prove they have overcome injury and are ready to travel to New Zealand for next week's series-opening Test. With no tour match in New Zealand the Sheffield Shield match between Victoria and Tasmania at the MCG looms as the key audition for Siddle, Pattinson and fellow Test squad member Jackson Bird. For Siddle and Pattinson the match, starting on Wednesday, is effectively a fitness test, and could threaten their involvement in the two-match tour if it does not go to plan. The fourth bowler who will vie for one of the two available bowling positions, Chadd Sayers, will mount his case at...
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