A five-match home series against India is next up for Australia in the Test arena and the Baggy Greens have plenty to ponder, especially with fitness issues surrounding their leading all-rounders.
Cameron Green left the recent white-ball tour of the UK due to a back problem, having suffered four stress fractures before emerging on the international scene.
Added to that, Mitchell Marsh has been severely restricted in his bowling duties in recent times due to a nagging hamstring injury, so the Aussies have plenty to ponder as they prepare for such a major showpiece series.
First Test - 22-26 November (Perth Stadium, Perth)
Second Test - 6-10 December (Adelaide Oval, Adelaide)
Third Test - 14-18 December (Gabba, Brisbane)
Fourth Test - 26-30 December (MCG, Melbourne)
Fifth Test - 3-7 January 2025 (SCG, Sydney)
Australia have a top-class bowling quartet at their disposal in the shape of pacemen Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc, backed up by ace off-spinner Nathan Lyon.
Ideally they would like to add either Green or Marsh to their options, although in recent times they have selected both in the same Test XI.
However, those plans my have to change, with Green facing tests and scans to determined the severity of his latest back issue, while Marsh has bowled just a handful of overs in his recent Test outings.
Should the selectors go down the route of changing like-for-like, then Aaron Hardie and Beau Webster could well come into the conversation for the India series.
Webster, in particular, has made his case for inclusion with 938 runs at an average 58.62 and 30 wickets at 29.30 in the Sheffield Shield last season, while Hardie showed up well in the recent series against Scotland and England, but is more of a bowling all-rounder.
Tasmanian Webster has the better track record to slot into a top-six batting spot, with Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head nailed on to be in the side for the series opener in Perth.
Smith has opened for the Baggy Greens in recent Tests, with Green earmarked for the pivotal number four position, however, that may have to change if the latter is ruled out of the India series.
Both he and Marsh could be included as batters only, but that would leave the bowling options a little light against one of the best batting line-ups in the game.
One possible switch could see Smith revert to the number four slot, with another opening batter drafted in to partner veteran left-hander Khawaja at the top of the order.
Cameron Bancroft, Marcus Harris and Matt Renshaw are the leading candidates to step in, with Western Australia's Bancroft making a strong case after tallying 778 and 945 runs in the last two Sheffield Shield seasons.
However, the start of the new season could not have gone worse for Western Australia right-hander Bancroft as he was dismissed off the first ball of the match against Queensland in Perth.
That was more significant as left-hander Harris opened his campaign with 143 for Victoria on day one of their clash with Tasmania in Melbourne.
Captain Cummins, left-armer Starc and the ever-consistent Hazlewood are sure to be the first-choice pace bowling selections for the series, but back-up options are expected to be needed across the tightly packed five-match series.
Scott Boland would most likely be the next cab off the rank, but he is currently sidelined by a foot injury which cut short his spell in English county cricket with Durham.
Hardie, Lance Morris and Jhye Richardson have also missed out on the opening round of Sheffield Shield matches, but will hope to be back in action in time to press their claims for selection.
Veteran right-armer Michael Neser remains a major contender as well, having impressed on his two Test outings to date, although the last of those came back in December 2022 against West Indies in Adelaide.