Legendary former captain Greg Chappell has called on Australia to pick a specialist opener for the Ashes instead of installing Marnus Labuschagne at the top.

Jake Weatherald is pressing for a Test debut in Perth after a hot 18 months in the Sheffield Shield as a dashing opener for Tasmania.

Australia are weighing up whether to keep allrounder Cameron Green at No.3, and have Labuschagne partner veteran Usman Khawaja as he did in the World Test Championship (WTC) final in June.

Dropped for the West Indies tour after the WTC defeat to South Africa, Labuschagne is a certainty to return after an outstanding start to the summer for Queensland.

It is just a matter of where he bats and how much Australia decide to tinker with their XI.

"I hope the powers that be know (what the team will be),"

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