Out of form Gilchrist happy at No. 6

Despite his poor series, Adam Gilchrist is prepared to move up a place in the order if Glenn McGrath doesn't play at The Oval. If McGrath is ruled out Australia will probably use a five-man bowling attack, forcing a batsman, almost certainly Simon Katich, to be dropped.

"I would be comfortable batting anywhere," Gilchrist told The Courier-Mail. "It's no secret I haven't had any real long length of time in the middle but that doesn't affect my mind-set."

Gilchrist has struggled against Andrew Flintoff during the series and coming into the fifth Test has only 158 runs in eight innings. "That wouldn't make me more nervous, the fact that I haven't got runs under my belt, to go up the order."

Gilchrist has batted at No. 6 eight times in Tests at an average of 50.00, including the game at Old Trafford where he made 30 and 4 when Michael Clarke was battling a severe back injury.