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Team of champions prepares to meet champion team

Australian leg spinner Shane Warne and the ICC World XI players have arrived in Melbourne to prepare for cricket's Super Series.

The series begins in Melbourne next week with three one-day games at Docklands, before a six-day Test match at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

World XI coach John Wright said one of the imponderables of the series would be his team of champions playing the champion team.

"Australia obviously do have that settled identity and we've got to ensure that the players appreciate that they're playing for the world team and that means playing for the team," Wright said.

Meanwhile, Australian opening batsman Justin Langer dismissed claims that the Super Series had no credibility.

Australia remains the number one ranked team in both forms of cricket despite being defeated by second-ranked Test nation England in the recent Ashes series.

Langer said Australia had been the best side in the world for several years.

"We've earned the right to do it," he said. "We've hardly lost a game in four or five years.

"We lost one series - the first one in four years. We've earned the right to play the best talent in the world."