Teenage sensation Sam Konstas has been rewarded with his first Cricket Australia contract but is no guarantee to win back his opening spot for the World Test Championship final.

The NSW opener joins spinner Matt Kuhnemann and Tasmania allrounder Beau Webster as additions to the contract list for the 2025-26 season.

Kuhnemann starred across two Tests in Sri Lanka, before having to deal with clearing his name after being reported for a suspect action.

Webster had already been upgraded last season, but has been retained following a stunning ascension to Test level for the Border-Gavaskar series decider in January.

Konstas was left out of both Tests in Sri Lanka, as selectors preferred Travis Head to move to the top of the order with veteran Usman Khawaja.

But the 19-year-old looms as the next star of Australian cricket and remains firmly in the frame for the World Test Championship final, the tour of the West Indies, then the home Ashes next summer.

Chairman of selectors George Bailey was non-committal when asked if Konstas could return for the WTC decider, given Head will almost certainly return to the middle order for the match at Lord's.

Allrounder Cameron Green is expected to be fit to play as a batter-only against South Africa after missing the last six months due to a back injury

It could mean there is a squeeze in Australia's top-six, with Green having most recently batted at No.4 in the Test team, but there will be a vacancy as opener.

"We've got Cam Green returning ... he's going to head to England and play a little bit of cricket in the lead up to that (WTC final)," Bailey said.

"Along with Sam, I think we've also seen Beau Webster, Josh Inglis perform really well when they've had opportunities.

"We'll work through that over the coming month.

"The one thing I will say about that is we've sort of viewed the World Test Championships we have been involved in as one-off games.

"They're quite specific to that, obviously in England, in those conditions.

"So the way we frame that, and potentially look at how we structure up that team may be different to the West Indies Test tour that follows that."

At 38, Khawaja became the second-oldest Australian to score a Test double century when he hit 232 in Sri Lanka.

The left-hander endured a tough summer against Jasprit Bumrah, but Bailey is confident he can keep performing towards age 39.

"He's been pretty public in saying that he doesn't necessarily like to look too far forward and have an end date on it (his career)," Bailey said of Khawaja.

"I don't think necessarily we get as excited about the age of a player versus how they're performing."

Spinner Todd Murphy was left off the list after selectors opted for young allrounder Cooper Connolly instead of the Victorian for the second Test in Sri Lanka.

Connolly, who made his Australian debut in all three formats across the last year, has also missed out on a contract.

Marsh retains his spot as a key member of the white-ball teams, despite his Test career seemingly over after being dropped for Webster.

CRICKET AUSTRALIA MEN'S CONTRACTS 2025-26: Xavier Bartlett, Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Pat Cummins, Nathan Ellis, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Usman Khawaja, Sam Konstas, Matthew Kuhnemann, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Lance Morris, Jhye Richardson, Matt Short, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Beau Webster, Adam Zampa.