Australia captain Ricky Ponting remains confident of being fit to play Pakistan in the Boxing Day Test, but the selectors face a decision over which pacemen to play in Melbourne.

Ponting suffered an injury to his elbow tendon after being struck on the opening day of the third Test with West Indies by a fierce Kemar Roach bouncer.

He could barely hold the bat when he came to the crease at number nine in the second innings, although his fitness concerns did not affect his side too much as they wrapped up a 35-run victory over the Windies today to seal a 2-0 series win.

Ponting has spent time in a hyperbaric chamber to help his chances of being fit to play on Boxing Day and will give his elbow every chance to recover in time by not putting any added strain on it.

"I'm doing everything I can recovery wise and working overtime all night the last few days to give myself the best chance," he said.

"I haven't picked up a bat since the second innings the other day and I won't touch one again for the next couple of days to give it the best recovery I can.

"I'm doing everything that I can and I'll have a few more of those treatments over the next few days. Boxing Day is a big one on the calendar, and also the first Test of the series that I want to be part of."

Australia will name a standby batsman for Ponting in case he fails to recover with Phillip Hughes and Chris Rogers waiting in the wings.

The opposite problem exists in the fast bowling department with Ben Hilfenhaus and Peter Siddle looking likely to be fit to play on Boxing Day having missed the third Test against the Windies.

Mitchell Johnson is the only certain starter, meaning Hilfenhaus, Siddle, Doug Bollinger and Clint McKay are battling for three spots against Pakistan in Melbourne.

"Hilfenhaus played a club game yesterday and took four for 18 and got through eight or nine overs, so we will see how he pulls up," Ponting explained.

"Siddle is confident about the way things are going with him and he's feeling good about himself and is hoping to be picked in the one-day game for Victoria on Wednesday, and then join us to get another bowl in before the Test match.

"It looks like the selectors will finalise that squad within the next couple of days and if both those guys come up with Johnson, Bollinger and McKay, it's starting to look like we have some good resources to pick from again.

"There's good signs there for us and if those guys come back for the start of the Pakistan series we should be able to put a really good attack on the park."

Having faced all of Bollinger, Johnson, Hilfenhaus, Siddle and McKay this series, West Indies captain Chris Gayle rated Bollinger as the hardest Australia quick to face and was impressed by how the hosts performed to win the series despite the pressure on them.

"They are all good bowlers, but Bollinger was the more capable. He hit good areas, had good pace and I'd say he was the standout one for me," Gayle said.

"They've been under a bit of pressure even though they've won the series 2-0. Bollinger has just come back into the team and they were missing a strike bowler like Ben, but it's very complicated and sometimes pressure situations bring out the best in a player to step up to the plate.

"You saw that with Mike Hussey, he still scored runs even though he was under pressure."