AGAINST all expectations, it is Mark Taylor and the Australian selectors who have more problems to solve as the battle for the Frank Worrell Trophy takes a frustrating four-week break. West Indies' surprise six-wicket victory inside three days in Melbourne exposed the instability at the top of the Aussie order, while an injury to Jason Gillespie will almost certainly force them to find a new seamer for the remaining two Tests, to be played back to back in Adelaide and Perth from the end of January.

In contrast the tourists could already name an unchanged 11 for Adelaide, with happy memories of travelling there in an identical situation four years ago, one Test down with two to play. With Curtly Ambrose firing again, they have a strong chance. He completed a century of Test wickets against Australia with match figures of 9-72 in Melbourne despite suffering from a tight hamstring in the second innings.

And with Jimmy Adams also making a welcome retune to form, the only major concern is the continuing strife of Brian Lara, who after scoring 26 and 40 in the first Test in Brisbane has added seven more runs in his last four innings, on each occasion caught off Glenn McGrath.

The Australian selectors yesterday called up two Queenslanders to play Pakistan in Sydney on Wednesday the first of 11 games remaining in the one day series. Essex batsman Stuart Law is preferred to Test duo Matthew Hayden and Justin Langer, and out of favour Ricky Ponting, while paceman Andrew Bichel is handed an international debut.

Aussie skipper Taylor conceded that the personal and collective batting failures are causing concern.