WA coach Langer has selection headaches

Western Australia will make at least two changes for Saturday's one-day cup final in Hobart, where Nathan Coulter-Nile and Jason Behrendorff will both return from international duty.

WA almost went through the group stage of the tournament undefeated. Their only blemish was a five-run loss to South Australia.

They did it with limited help from Behrendorf and Andrew Tye, who represented Australia during this month's Twenty20 series in India.

Coulter-Nile and allrounder Marcus Stoinis, who returned home from Victoria this year, are yet to play for their state this season. The duo were in India for both the ODI and T20 legs of the recent tour.

"It's nice to have a few headaches," WA coach Justin Langer said.

"Obviously Coults will come back in, Jason Behrendorff will come back in. We'll see what happens with Marcus Stoinis (who may miss the final for personal reasons).

"We always talk about the collective, so a couple of guys are going to have to miss out on that final after helping us get there."

The side's envious depth was on show during Tuesday's thumping nine-wicket win over the Cricket Australia XI at North Sydney Oval, where regular No.7 batsman D'Arcy Short was promoted to open.

Short smashed an unbeaten century, while Test aspirant Hilton Cartwright also spent much-needed time in the middle during a knock of 34.

"He hasn't played much. He didn't get a lot of batting time in India obviously, so it's going to take him a bit of time to get some rhythm," Langer said of Cartwright.

"There's no practice like being in the middle."

WA will face the winner of Thursday's elimination final between South Australia and Victoria.

"We'll be confident against whoever it is," Short said.