<p class="title">Australia has left pace bowler James Pattinson out of their 12-man squad for the second Ashes Test against England, with Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood both vying for a recall.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Pattinson was part of the team that won by 251 runs at Edgbaston, taking two wickets in his first Test in three years.</p>.<p class="bodytext">But the 29-year-old will sit out the Lord's Test, which starts on Wednesday, leaving Starc and Hazlewood to push their claims.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"What is fortunate at the moment is we've got six fit and healthy fast bowlers," said head coach Justin Langer at Monday's pre-match press conference.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I've been coaching for about 10 years now and I can't ever remember having that luxury, but it could change like that so we're not getting carried away with it.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The fact that we had Josh and Mitch on the bench in the last Test match, it doesn't happen very often."</p>.<p class="bodytext">With Pattinson's long-standing fitness problems and the next two Tests coming back to back, the decision to leave him out appears to be a case of workload management.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Left-arm quick Starc was the top wicket-taker at the recent World Cup, with 27 scalps, while right-arm Hazlewood was left out of the tournament to get him fit and ready for the Ashes.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Hazlewood returned figures of 3-34 in last week's tour match at Worcester but the final decision will not be revealed until the toss.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Australia squad for second Ashes Test:</p>.<p class="bodytext">Tim Paine (capt & wkt), David Warner, Cameron Bancroft, Usman Khawaja, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Matthew Wade, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Peter Siddle, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood.</p>
<p class="title">Australia has left pace bowler James Pattinson out of their 12-man squad for the second Ashes Test against England, with Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood both vying for a recall.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Pattinson was part of the team that won by 251 runs at Edgbaston, taking two wickets in his first Test in three years.</p>.<p class="bodytext">But the 29-year-old will sit out the Lord's Test, which starts on Wednesday, leaving Starc and Hazlewood to push their claims.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"What is fortunate at the moment is we've got six fit and healthy fast bowlers," said head coach Justin Langer at Monday's pre-match press conference.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I've been coaching for about 10 years now and I can't ever remember having that luxury, but it could change like that so we're not getting carried away with it.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The fact that we had Josh and Mitch on the bench in the last Test match, it doesn't happen very often."</p>.<p class="bodytext">With Pattinson's long-standing fitness problems and the next two Tests coming back to back, the decision to leave him out appears to be a case of workload management.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Left-arm quick Starc was the top wicket-taker at the recent World Cup, with 27 scalps, while right-arm Hazlewood was left out of the tournament to get him fit and ready for the Ashes.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Hazlewood returned figures of 3-34 in last week's tour match at Worcester but the final decision will not be revealed until the toss.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Australia squad for second Ashes Test:</p>.<p class="bodytext">Tim Paine (capt & wkt), David Warner, Cameron Bancroft, Usman Khawaja, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Matthew Wade, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Peter Siddle, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood.</p>