Pat Cummins has predicted Australia's bowlers could go through the marathon seven-Test summer unchanged as he leads an unchanged team into the SCG clash with Pakistan.
Cummins confirmed on Tuesday that Australia would stick with the same XI for a third straight Test, with all players passed fit for the series finale starting on Wednesday.
It means Scott Boland will again be left on the sideline, while Cameron Green is the back-up allrounder behind Mitch Marsh.
Australia have a nine-day gap between the end of the Pakistan series and the first Test against West Indies in Adelaide. The Gabba Test quickly follows.
Two further Tests are scheduled in New Zealand in February and March, meaning quicks Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood will have some reprieve before heading across the Tasman.
"It'd be rare (if we could do that)," Cummins said.
"Normally each summer there's something that pops up. But all three of us are really fresh.
"Even the way this summer is spread out a bit more, there's two Tests on, then a bit of a gap; then two Tests, then a bit of a gap; then New Zealand.
"We'll give it a chance. It's all gone pretty smoothly so far."
The prospect of the quartet playing the entire summer comes after a record-breaking week for the group.
Australia's win over Pakistan at the MCG took the attack quartet to 16 Test wins when playing together, one clear of Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath, Brett Lee and Jason Gillespie's 15.
The wins have come in 27 matches, to their predecessors' 22.
Hazlewood could add further history to the summer in coming weeks, with the seamer 16 wickets away from joining his three teammates in Australia's top-10 wicket-takers of all time.
"It's always a (bowling) collective," coach Andrew McDonald said this week.
"Pat's a world-class performer ... the left arm of Mitchell Starc, the consistency of Josh Hazlewood. Nathan Lyon on 500 Test wickets, being able to lock down an end.
"They complement each other and it's a real sweet spot for us."
AUSTRALIA XI TO TAKE ON PAKISTAN AT THE SCG: David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Mitch Marsh, Alex Carey, Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins (capt), Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood.
