Australian Test side

Reading Stu's thoughts on the Test side, and Christian Ryan's Cricinfo article about the Australian selectors obsession with selecting an all-rounder got me thinking about the Australian team, and more specifically, who I'd select for the SA tour. So, my thinking is that we don't really have a genuine all-rounder like Jacques Kallis, so six batsmen, a keeper and four bowlers, including a specialist spinner.
The first five batsmen are relatively easy:
Katich
Jaques (Hughes should go on the tour to gain experience though)
Ponting
M. Hussey
Clarke

After a glittering 169 against New Zealand last year, Brad Haddin has definitely established himself as Gilchrist's replacement with the gloves and at number seven.

Mitchell Johnson (ranked number 7 in the ICC all-rounder player rankings, and number 4 in the bowler rankings), and Stuart Clarke (third ranked Test bowler in the world) get the first two bowling spots, which leaves three positions: a number 6 batsman, a spinner and another pace bowler.

Despite the fact that it's tempting to pick someone a little younger, it's hard to ignore the mountains of runs that David Hussey has made in both Australian domestic cricket and County cricket. So while it's tempting to pick someone younger (like Hughes, for example), D. Hussey gets the nod due to the fact that the Ashes series follows South Africa, and an in-form David Hussey would be an invaluable weapon for that series. His ability to contribute useful offspin also counts in his favour. Brad Hodge can count himself as one of the most unlucky batsmen in history, but at 34 he's probably just a bit too old.

Spinner: I had a bit of a look at spinners a few months back. Since that time Krejza has been dropped in favour of Nathan Hauritz. I like the cut of Hauritz's jib. He doesn't take heaps of wickets, but he is very economical, and unlike Krejza, he's able to tie down an end. He gets the nod from me, although I still have no idea what Beau Casson did to get pushed down the list of Australian spinners.

With Brett Lee out until the Ashes, choosing a third fast bowler comes down to Hilfenhaus, Bollinger and Siddle. Basically, Hilfenhaus swings it heaps, Bollinger can swing it and bowls good line and length and Siddle is really fast. My pick is Bollinger over Siddle due to the fact that Siddle seems to be a bit hot and cold. So my team would look like this:

Katich (captain)
Jaques
Ponting
M. Hussey (vice captain)
Clarke
D. Hussey
Haddin
Johnson
Hauritz
Clark
Bollinger

with both Hughes and Siddle at least also on the tour. Making Katich captain would allow Ponting to just score a shit-ton of runs, and stop him from making rubbish tactical decisions. Mike Hussey gets vice captain because Clarke's tendency to refer to himself in the third person pisses me off.