BRISBANE, Australia (CMC) - With their players pushed beyond previously mediocre limits of fitness and endurance since arriving in Australia, the West Indies have an opportunity to test the value of all that hard work today when they face Queensland in a four-day match at Allan Border Field. In their only warm-up before the three-Test series against Australia in a week's time, the tourists are expected to field their strongest XI against a full-strength home side. With the Australian squad for the first Test due to be announced shortly, the match facilitates some possible duels that could be repeated next week at the Gabba. Opening batsman Matthew Hayden and all-rounder Shane Watson bolster a solid Bulls' batting line-up and should offer West Indies head coach Bennett King a proper assessment of how his battery of enthusiastic, but still inexperienced, fast bowlers will fare against Ricky Ponting's side. The five pacers in the 15-man touring party have been singled out for additional work by relentless fitness trainer Bryce Cavanagh, and although the entire squad would have welcomed the day of recreation and relaxation on Tuesday at the Wet 'n' Wild water park on the Gold Coast, it would have been back to the hard grind of practice and training the day after as King seeks to banish the lethargy and generally lackadaisical attitude that have contributed in no small part to the Caribbean side's slide down the international ladder in the last decade. Despite the general preoccupation with star batsman Brian Lara, much will be expected from every member of the West Indies batting line-up as it is essential for them to get runs, and confidence, under their belts before the first Test. Having endured a miserable Super Series, where he scratched together just 46 runs in five innings, Lara is as much in need of time at the crease as the rest of the top order. Though noted for their aggressive strokeplay, openers Chris Gayle and Devon Smith will have to be disciplined, while skipper Shivnarine Chanderpaul and vice-captain Ramnaresh Sarwan need to deliver. The sixth spot in the batting order should be a toss-up between Wavell Hinds and Marlon Samuels, both having played in the last series in Australia five years earlier, when the West Indies were whitewashed, 5-0. Dwayne Bravo returns to the all-rounder's spot after missing the Sri Lankan campaign, and the selectors may opt for Corey Collymore, Fidel Edwards and Jermaine Lawson. Queensland (from) - Jimmy Maher (captain), Matthew Hayden, Martin Love, Andrew Symonds, Shane Watson, James Hopes, Chris Hartley, Chris Simpson, Andy Bichel, Ryan Le Roux, Mitchell Johnson, Michael Kasprowicz. West Indies (probable) - Shivnarine Chanderpaul (captain), Chris Gayle, Devon Smith, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Brian Lara, Marlon Samuels, Dwayne Bravo, Denesh Ramdin, Fidel Edwards, Corey Collymore, Jermaine Lawson. Reprinted from jamaicaobserver.com