Australia's World Cup winners aren't the only ones nursing headaches, with selectors preparing to announce the Ashes squad on Tuesday.
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As captain Michael Clarke and his teammates soaked up adulation following Sunday's emphatic Cup final defeat of New Zealand, Rod Marsh and his colleagues were sifting through the contenders for the tours to the Caribbean and England.
Australia's two-Test series against the West Indies, a tune-up for their bid to win the Ashes in England for the first time since 2001, does not start until June 5.
However, Marsh and fellow selectors didn't want to delay naming a squad given there is only the Indian Premier League to come before Australia's Test assignments.
Cricket Australia will also reveal its new contract list on Tuesday, in addition to an Australia A squad for a winter series in India.
It's expected the Windies-Ashes tours squad will feature 16-17 players, with a back-up wicketkeeper and second spinner likely to be included.
NSW gloveman Peter Nevill and Victoria's Matthew Wade are the leading contenders to be Brad Haddin's understudy, while 2013 Ashes hero Ashton Agar and potential Test debutant Fawad Ahmed are locked in a battle to be Nathan Lyon's spin sidekick.
Mitch Marsh has impressed in his four-Test career, however, he faces stiff opposition from James Faulkner for an all-rounder berth.
Veteran Adam Voges, having tallied 1358 runs to set a Western Australian record in a stellar Sheffield Shield campaign, will vie with Queensland's Joe Burns to be taken as the reserve batsman.
World Cup heroes Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Johnson and Josh Hazlewood could also double as Australia's Test attack in the West Indies.
Victorians James Pattinson and Peter Siddle will also come under consideration, however Ryan Harris will skip the Caribbean trip in an effort to make sure he is cherry ripe for the Ashes.
Voges and Ahmed starred in the recent Shield final, while the likes of Faulkner and Glenn Maxwell were denied a chance to press their red-ball claims due to the World Cup that started on February 14 and ran for six weeks.
Clarke used himself as a shining example of the fact form in any format counts towards selection.
"When I got picked for my first Test in India, that was on the back of a lot of one-day cricket because I wasn't around to play Sheffield Shield," the captain said. AAP