Australia's World Cup heroes have been charged with bringing home the inaugural Twenty20 world championship after selectors named a full-strength squad for the South African tournament.
A fit-again Brett Lee was the only addition to the 15-man party which claimed Australia's third straight World Cup title in the West Indies in April, with the fast bowler replacing retired quick Glenn McGrath.
Selectors resisted the urge to blood any international newcomers or Twenty20 specialists for the two-week tournament, which begins on September 11, instead trusting Ricky Ponting's World Cup stars to again get the job done.
Lee returns to international duty after recovering from ankle surgery, while South Australian tearaway Shaun Tait was also named despite recently undergoing elbow surgery.
"We looked at the performances of some of the top domestic Twenty20 players, but ultimately we felt that the World Cup winning side would adapt well and deserved the opportunity to prove that they can perform to the highest standards in both shorter forms of the game," said chairman of selectors Andrew Hilditch.
"The reality is that Australia has not played a lot of international Twenty20 cricket.
"But we see no reason to doubt that, being an Australian side, they will be able to adapt quickly.
"In recent times when Australia has played international Twenty20 cricket the team has performed very well."
Australia have won three of their five Twenty20 internationals and boast the top three scores in the fledgling bash-and-crash format.
They will meet Zimbabwe (September 12) and England (September 14) in Cape Town during the group phase of the Cup, before the tournament moves to the Super Eights stage with games in Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg.
Johannesburg will host the final on September 24.
Lee, who was robbed of the chance to play at the World Cup after injuring his ankle before February's one-day series against New Zealand, says he has fully recovered from surgery.
"It's fantastic to have Brett Lee back, fully fit and resuming his spot in the Australian side," Hilditch said.
"He's back to training and raring to go."
Selectors also named a 14-man squad for Australia's one-day tour of India starting September 29, with the omission of reserve `keeper Brad Haddin the only change from the Twenty20 line-up.
West Australian batsman Adam Voges was named captain of the Australia A team for their tour of Pakistan in September, with veteran spinner Stuart MacGill also included.
"We are really excited to offer Stuart MacGill the opportunity to get experience in Pakistan and to have him work along side two young spinners (Cullen Bailey and Dan Cullen) on an important development tour for them," Hilditch said.
"Stuart will join the tour to take part in the four-day games."
The squads will assemble in Brisbane late next month under new coach Tim Nielsen.