The Blues winger, who has been sidelined recently with a thigh injury sustained in the home game against Man City last month, has been named in coach Frank Farina's 25 man squad for the double header against the Soloman Islands in Honiara on Saturday 9th October and then in Sydney three days later.
Australian Squad: John Aloisi (Osasuna), Eddy Bosnar (Everton), Marco Bresciano (Parma), Tim Cahill (Everton), Scott Chipperfield (Basel), Simon Colosimo (Pahang, Malaysia), Ahmad Elrich (Busan I'Cons, Korea), Brett Emerton (Blackburn Rovers), Vince Grella (Parma), Zeljko Kalac (Perugia), Harry Kewell (Liverpool), Stan Lazaridis (Birmingham City), Steve Laybutt (KAA Ghent), Ante Milicic (Pahang), Craig Moore (Rangers), Kevin Muscat (Millwall), Lucas Neill (Blackburn Rovers), Tony Popovic (Crystal Palace), Mark Schwarzer (Middlesbrough), Josip Skoko (Genclerbirligi, Turkey), Mile Sterjovski (Basel), Danny Tiatto (Leicester City), Tony Vidmar (Cardiff City), Mark Viduka (Middlesbrough), Max Vieri (Ternana, Italy).