"Brad Haddin has been under extreme focus since he's taken over the gloves in Test cricket following Adam Gilchrist's retirement. Brad emerged from that period of scrutiny well, his 'keeping' improves with each Test and his batting blossomed in Adelaide as we would've expected with someone with such a good domestic record.

"Mitchell Johnson had an outstanding tour of India and his progress continued against New Zealand. He's presenting himself as a very exciting, wicket-taking package for Australia. The batting group played very well against New Zealand and we consider that all our batsmen are in good form for the coming series," Hilditch said.

On Krejza's inclusion, Hilditch said, "He's been picked subject to fitness but all reports suggest he'll be fit and will resume cricket for Tasmania this week. Jason richly deserves to be back in the Test squad following his debut in India."

Squad: Ricky Ponting (C), Michael Clarke (vc), Stuart Clark, Brad Haddin, Matthew Hayden, Michael Hussey, Mitchell Johnson, Simon Katich, Jason Krejza, Brett Lee, Andrew Symonds and Shane Watson.