Pace aces' final tune-up before Adelaide

Australia's star pace trio of Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins are primed for Virat Kohli’s charges having completed a final high-intensity net session today in Sydney before heading to Adelaide this weekend.

Starc, Hazlewood and Cummins bowled to Blues batters Ryan Gibson and Ryan Hackney at Moore Park on Thursday while their Test opponents India slogged it out against the Cricket Australia XI at the SCG.

After being withheld from NSW's JLT Sheffield Shield clash with Western Australia in Perth, the three quicks have been building their bowling loads for the December 6 showdown with Kohli and co. in the nets against high-calibre opposition.

On Sunday, Hazlewood and Cummins steamed in to suspended opener David Warner at the SCG, bowling with extreme pace and accuracy in testing the left-hander’s technique and temperament.

Starc missed that session after he was a last-minute call-up for Australia's third Gillette T20 international in Sydney, where he took 1-26 from four overs and reached speeds of 147kph.

The trio returned to the nets on Tuesday to face banned captain Steve Smith, who gave as good as he got and displayed all his trademark shots against the great pace.

Hazlewood caused Smith the most trouble and floored the animated right-hander with a well-aimed bouncer. Smith took on the short ball but lost his footing while swiveling on his hook shot but spent next to no time on his backside as he returned to his feet in an instant.

Today, the triumvirate had their final hit-out at the SCG against the Blues pair, and like they have in their previous sessions over the past five days, bowled eight overs each.

They will now rest up before flying to Adelaide on Saturday ahead of next Thursday's first Domain Test of the summer.

Cummins and Hazlewood will fly directly from Sydney, while Starc will travel from Melbourne after linking up with wife Alyssa Healy, who is in the Victorian capital for this weekend's opening round of the Rebel Women's Big Bash League.

Along with the Blues trio, Australia's 14-man Test squad features Peter Siddle and Chris Tremain, the Victorian pair who faced Queensland in Shield action this week.

Siddle claimed match figures of 4-79 from 29.1 overs while Tremain collected 2-71 from 24 overs in the eight-wicket loss to the Bulls.

They'll also fly to Adelaide on Saturday, but appear to be in the squad as cover for the Blues quicks who will join off-spinner Nathan Lyon to reform last summer's Ashes-winning attack.

Domain Test Series v India

Dec 6-10: First Test, Adelaide Oval

Dec 14-18: Second Test, Perth Stadium

Dec 26-30: Third Test, MCG

Jan 3-7: Fourth Test, SCG

Australia squad: Tim Paine (c, wk), Josh Hazlewood (vc), Mitch Marsh (vc), Pat Cummins, Aaron Finch, Peter Handscomb, Marcus Harris, Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Nathan Lyon, Shaun Marsh, Peter Siddle, Mitchell Starc, Chris Tremain

India squad: Virat Kohli (c), Murali Vijay, KL Rahul, Prithvi Shaw, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Hanuma Vihari, Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant (wk), Parthiv Patel (wk), Ravi Ashwin, Ravi Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar