A crucial round of JLT Sheffield Shield fixtures begin Tuesday as members of the Test squad look to stake their claim for a berth in Australia's side for the first five-day fixture of the summer.

And a host of Australia's limited overs players – such as Glenn Maxwell and Marcus Stoinis – return to red-ball cricket hungry for the chance to put their names back in the Test frame.

While Australia have named their 14-man squad for the first two Domain Tests of the series against India, the final XI is still yet to be settled.

Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon will, barring injury, take the field at Adelaide Oval from December 6.

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But the batting line-up is less certain, with Peter Handscomb, Marcus Harris and Travis Head among the batsmen in the squad chasing big runs, while Usman Khawaja will play for Queensland as he makes his return from knee surgery last month.

NSW Blues will be without their Ashes-winning pace attack for their match with WA, with Starc, Hazlewood and Cummins rested.

However, Lyon has again been named for the game at Perth Stadium after grabbing nine scalps, including his first five-wicket haul for NSW, against Queensland this week.

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The Blues have included uncapped ACT/NSW Country left-arm fast bowler Greg West in a 13-man squad, with Sean Abbott and fellow quick Harry Conway the other inclusions.

NSW opener Nick Larkin, who hit an unbeaten 175 against the Bulls, was outstanding during the win over Queensland, said the new Perth stadium was a little bit of an unknown for the Blues.

"In terms of their side, they're a fantastic domestic side, they're going to have Shaun Marsh, Mitch Marsh, a cohort of guys who are international quality players," Larkin said.

"They're second for a reason."

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WA have sprung a selection surprise, dropping emerging batsman Josh Philippe for the Round 5 match up.

The 21-year-old scored a century in the second innings of the Warriors' opening-round clash with Victoria, backing up a contribution of 41 in the first dig.

But Philippe has since contributed just 26 runs from five innings, while also scoring an impressive 57 for the Prime Minister's XI against South Africa last month.

Ashton Agar and Marcus Stoinis are set to return from international duties, while young fast bowler Liam Guthrie has been added to the 13-player squad.

Philippe, Usman Qadir and Jonathon Wells will play in the Toyota Futures League match against Queensland next week.

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"It's great to welcome back Marcus and Ashton back into the Warriors Squad," Warriors coach Adam Voges said.

"Ashton hasn't played a lot of cricket in the last month, I know he'll be raring to go and get amongst the squad again.

"The team has been building nicely over the last few games, we had a great win in Adelaide last time out so the boys will take a lot of confidence out of that.

"I'm really happy for Liam Guthrie, he's worked hard recently so this is a bit of reward for him and it also gives us a left arm option."

WA currently sit in second position five points clear of the Blues in third.

Matthew Wade will captain Tasmania in their clash against South Australia at Blundstone Arena after replacing George Bailey as captain.

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Ben McDermott also returns to Tasmania's squad after his commitments with Australia's ODI and T20 squads.

Alex Pyecroft, a fast bowler from the Tigers Academy, is in line to make his debut after being named in the 12-man squad ahead of Gurinder Sandhu.

Pyecroft has been in impressive form in the Toyota Futures League for Tasmania and the Premier League for North Hobart.

His rise to a potential Shield debut started late last season and featured match figures of 11-97 in the Premier League grand final against Clarence. Pyecroft also snared 4-15 from 15 overs against NSW in his Futures League debut.

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"Alex has been bowling exactly the way we want our bowlers to be bowling at Shield level," Tigers coach Adam Griffith said. "He's selected from the Tigers Academy. It highlights the pathway opportunity for our club cricketers that if they come into our academy and do well then the next steps are there to be made."

Allrounder Beau Webster is out for up to eight weeks after injuring his knee slipping while chasing the ball to the boundary during Tasmania's last match against Victoria.

Victoria are bolstered by the return of Maxwell and Test opener Aaron Finch, although uncertainty surrounds where the later will bat for his state, having been used in the middle order by Victoria in the past.

"The experience of those two will mix nicely with our youth, particularly Seb Gotch and Matt Short who really stood up against Tasmania and combined for that impressive 131-run match winning partnership," said Victoria chairman of selectors Andrew Lynch.

South Australia welcomed back Alex Carey and Adam Zampa for their match against Tasmania.

Carey takes the gloves from Harry Nielsen, who will instead play in the CA XI in the first-class four-day match against India at the SCG from Wednesday. Zampa's return means young leg-spinner Lloyd Pope makes way.

JLT Sheffield Shield round five squads

Western Australia: Mitchell Marsh (c), Ashton Turner, Ashton Agar, William Bosisto, Hilton Cartwright, Cameron Green, Liam Guthrie, Josh Inglis, Matthew Kelly, Shaun Marsh, David Moody, Jhye Richardson, Marcus Stoinis

IN: Agar, Guthrie Stoinis. OUT: Josh Philippe, Usman Qadir, Jonathon Wells.

New South Wales: Peter Nevill (c), Sean Abbott, Harry Conway, Trent Copeland, Jack Edwards, Moises Henriques, Daniel Hughes, Nick Larkin, Nathan Lyon, Stephen O'Keefe, Kurtis Patterson, Jason Sangha, Greg West

IN: Abbott, Conway, West. OUT: Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Pat Cummins

Victoria: Scott Boland, Travis Dean, Andrew Fekete, Aaron Finch, Seb Gotch, Peter Handscomb (c), Marcus Harris, Jon Holland, Glenn Maxwell, James Pattinson, Peter Siddle, Matt Short, Chris Tremain

IN: Andrew Fekete, Aaron Finch, Glenn Maxwell. OUT: Cameron White, Eamon Vines

Queensland: Usman Khawaja (c), Joe Burns, Luke Feldman, Sam Heazlett, Charlie Hemphrey, Marnus Labuschagne, James Peirson, Michael Neser, Matthew Renshaw, Mark Steketee, Mitch Swepson, Jack Wildermuth

IN: Khawaja. OUT: Brendan Doggett (quad strain)

Tasmania: Matthew Wade (c), George Bailey, Gabe Bell, Jackson Bird, Alex Doolan, Jake Doran, Ben McDermott, Riley Meredith, Simon Milenko, Tim Paine, Alex Pyecroft, Jordan Silk

IN: McDermott, Pyecroft. OUT: Gurinder Sandhu, Beau Webster (knee)

South Australia: Travis Head (c), Alex Carey, Tom Cooper, Callum Ferguson, Jake Lehmann, Conor McInerney, Joe Mennie, Kane Richardson, Jake Weatherald, Nick Winter, Daniel Worrall, Adam Zampa

IN: Carey, Zampa. OUT: Harry Nielsen, Lloyd Pope.