Australia kept New Zealand guessing till Thursday about their team selection. The home team, have called up leg-spinner Mitchell Swepson who could support Nathan Lyon.

“We’re just weighing up whether we play the second spinner and if we did, how we would do that,” captain Tim Paine told reporters ahead of the game. “As JL (coach Justin Langer) touched on yesterday, I think at the moment it would be likely that we would go unchanged but there’s still a possibility, if we see that wicket tomorrow morning, that we could play another spinner.”

If they go with a second spinner, middle-order batsman Matthew Wade would have dropped as Travis Head hit a century in the Boxing Day Test at Melbourne. Tim Paine said the team was versatile enough to take on any situation.

“Luckily we could probably do both if we had to,” he said. “We’ve got some guys around our squad that could provide quite a bit of flexibility and even with someone like James Pattinson can really lengthen our batting anyway.”

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Former Australia spin legend, Shane Warne said in a column for the Sydney Daily Telegraph Thursday that he would like to see Swepson play in Sydney Test.

“I watched him during the Test in Melbourne (training) and he’s bowling beautifully,” he told. “I like his weapons. He’s got a good wrong-un, a good leg-break, some good plans and he understands his game so well.”

Australia have been unbeatable this season so far, winning all of their four Tests at home — two against Pakistan and New Zealand each– after retaining the Ashes in England. However, Tim Paine gave the teamwork for the wins, as well as praised the players who stepped up when others are having an off day.