5) Nathan Lyon (Australia)
He might have been the leading wicket taker in the Test series and burst onto the domestic scene playing T20, but Lyon has never been a regular at international level in short-form cricket. He's played just eight ODIs and never on Australian soil.
Though regarded as Australia's No. 1 spin bowler, there wasn't any room for Lyon in the squad assembled by Rod Marsh's national selection panel, despite encouraging returns for him when he was trialled in the ODI team on recent overseas assignments in Zimbabwe and in the UAE against Pakistan. He took 10 wickets at 25.30 at an economy rate of 4.43 in the tour.
Lyon's omission has given Xavier Doherty an edge with off-spinning allrounder Glenn Maxwell in the squad.
In the past year, Doherty has also played six ODIs for only half of Lyon's wicket tally - five at 45.20 and an economy rate of 4.26.
6) Ryan Harris (Australia)
The 35-year-old speedster has been a livewire for Australia in the recently concluded Test series against India. His six-wicket haul in the Melbourne Test and an overall 10 wickets in three Tests against the visiting Indian brigade only highlight his current form. But to everyone's surprise and utter dismay of Harris, Cricket Australia decided to drop the in-form seamer from their 15-man World Cup squad.
He is one of the best quicks in the world and with Mitchell Johnson he forms a pair that Australia's World Cup rivals would least like to face.
Harris took 44 wickets in 21 matches between 2009 and 2012 at an average of 18.90. His ODI strike rate of a wicket every 23.4 balls is the best among players to have played 20 matches or more. He hasn't played an ODI since 2012 which further downed his chances of selection for the tournament.
