St George star Moises Henriques has been named to captain Australia A for their clash with England Lions in Melbourne.
Australia A will take on the England tourists in a four-day game at the Melbourne Cricket Ground starting on Saturday.
While all-rounder Henriques will lead the side, fellow St George batsman Kurtis Patterson has also been named in the squad.
Patterson returned from a three-month absence with a quadriceps injury for NSW in their Sheffield Shield loss to Victoria at the Sydney Cricket Ground last week.
James Pattinson, Marcus Stoinis and Will Pucovski were all ruled out of the squad after originally being named.
Australia A: Moises Henriques (c) (NSW), Jackson Bird (Tasmania), Harry Conway (NSW), Marcus Harris (Victoria), Josh Inglis (Western Australia), Usman Khawaja (vc) (Queensland), Nic Maddinson (Victoria), Michael Neser (Queensland), Kurtis Patterson (NSW), Mark Steketee (Queensland), Jack Wildermuth (Queensland), Mitchell Swepson (Queensland)
