The Blues winger has been named in Australian coach Guus Hiddink's 23-man squad for the qualifiers in in Montevideo on 12th November and in Sydney on 16th November.
Australia Squad: John Aloisi (Alaves), Marco Bresciano (Parma), Tim Cahill (Everton), Scott Chipperfield (Basel), Ante Covic (Hammarby), Jason Culina (PSV Eindhoven), Ahmad Elrich (Fulham), Brett Emerton (Blackburn Rovers), Vince Grella (Parma), Joel Griffiths (Neuchatel Xamax), Zeljko Kalac (AC Milan), Harry Kewell (Liverpool), Stan Lazaridis (Birmingham City), Ljubo Milicevic (FC Thun), Lucas Neill (Blackburn Rovers), Tony Popovic (Crystal Palace), Mark Schwarzer (Middlesbrough), Josip Skoko (Wigan Athletic), Archie Thompson (Melbourne Victory), Michael Thwaite (National Bucharest), Tony Vidmar (NAC Breda), Mark Viduka (Middlesbrough), Luke Wilkshire (Bristol City)