SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MAY 22: Peter Siddle poses during the Cricket Australia Ashes official team farewell at Sydney International Airport on May 22, 2013 in Sydney, Australia.
Australian cricket team captain Michael Clarke (R) answers questions as team mates (back, L-R) Matthew Wade, James Pattinson, Jackson Bird, Peter Siddle and newly appointed vice-captain Brad Haddin look on during a media conference in Sydney April 24, 2013. The shallow depth of Australia's cricketing stocks were exposed on Wednesday with selectors being forced to recall two 35-year-olds in an attempt to wrest back the Ashes from England in July. Veteran wicketkeeper Brad Haddin, who had been dumped last year, and top-order batsman Chris Rogers, who had played just one test in 2008, were named in a 16-man squad for the first of back-to-back Ashes series against England. Haddin will reclaim the vice-captaincy from Shane Watson, who relinquished the post earlier this week but still made the Ashes squad as a batting all-rounder, while the uncapped James Faulkner was named the bowling all-rounder.
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 24: (L-R) Jackson Bird, Peter Siddle and Brad Haddin of the Australian cricket team are introduced during the 2013 Australian Ashes squad announcement at The Mint on April 24, 2013 in Sydney, Australia.
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 04: Peter Siddle of Australia and his partner Anna Weatherlake arrive at the 2013 Allan Border Medal awards ceremony at Crown Palladium on February 4, 2013 in Melbourne, Australia.
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 25: Peter Siddle (L) and partner Anna Weatherlake arrive at the screening of the Jacob's Creek Open Film Series 2 at Maia Docklands on January 25, 2013 in Melbourne, Australia.
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 06: Michael Hussey of Australia gives the thumbs up as he is chaired from the filed by Mitchell Johnson and Peter Siddle after his retirement from international cricket on day four of the Third Test match between Australia and Sri Lanka at Sydney Cricket Ground on January 6, 2013 in Sydney, Australia.