Chris Tremlett stands out as England's choice to help put Australia on back foot in first Test Odds on: English bowler Chris Tremlett looks likely to play in this weeks Test at the Gabba. Photo: Getty images England have decided who will fill their contentious third seamer's spot in this week's first Test. While they're not saying who, it appears Chris Tremlett will get the nod at the Gabba. The 32-year-old, who stands at an imposing 201 centimetres, has been pitched in a three-way contest with fellow quicks Steven Finn and Boyd Rankin to join James Anderson, Stuart Broad and off-spinner Graeme Swann in the visitors' attack from Thursday. Tremlett starred on England's last visit to Australia three years ago, claiming 17 wickets in three matches and bowling the final ball of the series when they wrapped up a 3-1 series win at the SCG. "I think we're pretty clear in our minds where we're going to go," England's Australian bowling coach David Saker said. But there's a few more days to go. I'm not going to announce who's going to play but we're confident where we are. Clear cut: David Saker has England's bowlers ready. Tremlett was rested in Sydney last week while Finn and Rankin played in the tour match against Cricket Australia's Invitational XI, a pointer towards him being included at the Gabba. "You could read that into it," Saker said. But all our batters who you presume are going to play in the Test played in that game as well. So that could be the case but again we're pretty clear who we're going to pick and we'll go from there. The vacancy in the England XI was created by a back injury to Tim Bresnan and while they hope he will be fit for a possible return in the second Test in Adelaide, Saker said he was impressed with how Tremlett, who troubled Australia with his bounce three summers ago, was travelling. Because the speed guns aren't around we can't tell [how fast he is bowling]. But we did have two or three really good sessions in Sydney," he said. We had a good chat about some certain things, the nets were fantastic batting surfaces and he came out of that really well and I think he gained a lot of confidence in where he was. [It's] not usually you can gain that much confidence in nets but the last week I've seen a big change for Chris Tremlett, so that was a real pleasing thing for us. Tremlett did not feature at the Gabba in the 2010-11 Ashes, only promoted to the England team when Broad was sent home injured midway through the series. But in Saker, the former Victorian fast bowler, he is far from short of advice on the intricacies of the venue. "It wasn't a challenge in Shield cricket, I can assure you," Saker said on Sunday. We usually turned up and [the pitch] was the same colour as the outfield. Test wickets tend to be much more challenging. They're usually great Test wickets here, really challenging for both bat and ball.