Australia enter the final 24 hours before the start of the first Test against India in Bangalore with numerous key decisions still to be made about the make-up of the team.
First, the tourists must make sure vice captain Michael Clarke will be fit in time to play, after he was confined to the team hotel yesterday due to a stomach bug.
The most vexing problem facing chairman of selectors Andrew Hilditch, coach Tim Nielsen and captain Ricky Ponting is the balance of their attack.
Pacemen Brett Lee, Stuart Clark and Mitchell Johnson are all guaranteed starters, while Shane Watson is close to certain of being named as an all-rounder batting at No.6.
The spin spot is open to Cameron White or Jason Krejza, with the third possibility being the Australians name whole-hearted Victorian seamer Peter Siddle for his debut and ignore their modest tweakers altogether.
Such a call would fly in the face of Nielsen and Ponting's intentions for the balance of their side since they first touched down in Jaipur a fortnight ago.
But if the Bangalore pitch does not promise to offer raging spin, there is a chance Siddle will be given the chance in conditions expected to be cool and even a little damp.
Scattered showers are forecast for the next few days.
