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by Riley Beveridge
CANBERRA David Savard Jersey , Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- On the eve of a new Test series against Pakistan, the Australian cricket team is on the verge of a major makeover.
With Mitchell Marsh and Stephen O'Keefe expected to receive their first baggy green caps ahead of the first Test, being held on Wednesday in the United Arab Emirates, many more players are likely to be ushered through the door in the coming months.
National selector Mark Waugh this week hinted that fast bowlers Josh Hazlewood and Nathan Coulter-Nile could also be fast-tracked into the Test side this summer. "Both of them could easily do that sooner rather than later," Waugh said.
At Twenty20 level, a positive revolution has been going on. When Australia named a 13-man Twenty20 squad on Monday for three matches against South Africa, it featured all of nine players with fewer than 10 international appearances.
Uncapped duo Ben Dunk and Nathan Reardon were the surprise inclusions, with youngsters Sean Abbott, Cameron Boyce, Nic Maddinson, Kane Richardson and Ben Cutting also hoping to build on promising platforms.
Dunk was included as the team's wicket keeper, just days after becoming the first Australian to hit a List A double-century when he carted an unbeaten 229 from just 157 deliveries for Tasmania. While Reardon earned his position in the squad after scoring 171 runs at 34.20 for Adelaide Strikers in last season's Big Bash League.
If both Marsh and O'Keefe play in Dubai on Wednesday, it could represent the first time in close to three years when James Pattinson, Dave Warner and Mitchell Starc debuted against New Zealand that Australia has blooded multiple players in the one Test.
So Australia is set for a new dawn.
Upon signing a new one-year contract extension last week, taking him through to the summer of 2017, Australian coach Darren Lehmann cited the need for Australia to build upon a promising start under his guidance.
Lehmann identified a desire for "leaders" and "aggressive players" to come into the Australian system under all forms of cricket, fitting both his style as a player and now as a coach.
With Marsh and O'Keefe, he has both in abundance.
Marsh burst onto the ODI scene in August this year, carting 89 off 108 balls against Zimbabwe in his first match in over a year. He would back that up later in the triangular series, smashing an unbeaten 86 from just 69 deliveries against South Africa.
But, according to current skipper Michael Clarke, not only is Marsh an aggressor at the crease, he's also a leader and potentially a future Test captain.
"I believe Mitchell Marsh can be a future captain of Australia, " Clarke wrote in The Daily Telegraph.
"That might sound like a big call for a bloke who only turned 23 on Monday and has yet to play a Test match.
"But I have toured with him quite a few times now and continue to be impressed with his talent, knowledge and game awareness. His cricketing maturity is at least five years ahead of the date of birth printed on his passport."
That leadership was further put to the test when playing with Australia A back in July. Coming into bat with his team in trouble at 699, Marsh made a stellar innings of 211, mustering all of his grit and composure in a 371-run partnership with Sam Whiteman.
O'Keefe is built in a similar mold. The 29-year-old has earned his place in the Test side the hard way. Often overlooked in the post-Shane Warne era, the spinner is finally set to get his opportunity in Dubai.
The former New South Wales captain relinquished his role of skipper last year in an effort to focus on gaining a place in the Test squad. The result has been 65 wickets in his last 19 Sheffield Shield matches.
Selectors could hardly ignore those stats for much longer.
But key to Australia developing the next phase of Test cricketers remains a nice balance between youth and experience.
Clarke, Chris Rogers, Brad Haddin and Mitch Johnson all over 30 remain in the Test side, while the likes of Shane Watson, Doug Bollinger, Ben Hilfenhaus and Cameron White have also earned recalls to international squads over recent months.
According to Waugh, players such as Watson, 33, remain crucial in helping to nurture the budding young talent.
"We still need to pick some quality players that have played for Australia before and Shane, we know what he can do," Waugh said.
In the hot and humid conditions of Dubai and Abu Dhabi, both Marsh and O'Keefe will be exposed to the first real test of the new Lehmann era.
Their success could pave the way in Australian cricket for a seamless transition: from old guard to young Turks.
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