Fields has been named as skipper of a 14-player Southern Stars squad for the four-nation series in England in June-July, which will mark champion all-rounder Shelley Nitschke's international swansong.
Wicketkeeper Field, 26, comes back into the squad at the expense of Alyssa Healy.
Dual international Ellyse Perry is also missing, unavailable as she is expected to make the Matildas squad for the FIFA women's World Cup in Germany.
Field will return before the England tour in the remaining three matches of the Rose Bowl series - deadlocked at 2-2 - against New Zealand in Brisbane on June 12, 14 and 16.
Those matches were rescheduled following the Christchurch earthquake.
Chief selector Christina Matthews was full of praise for Nitschke's career after she confirmed her pending international retirement.
The 34-year-old Nitschke has played six Tests, 74 one-day internationals and 32 Twenty20 matches for Australia since debuting in 2004.
"Shelley has been a pivotal and very valued member of the squad," Matthews said.
"Her contribution to Australian cricket has been outstanding over a long period and, after the quad series, we wish her well for life after cricket."
Following the Rose Bowl, Australia head to England for a series of clashes with the hosts, India and New Zealand.
Australian squad: Jodie Fields (c), Alex Blackwell, Jessica Cameron, Sarah Coyte, Rachael Haynes, Jessica Jonassen, Meg Lanning, Annie Maloney, Sharon Millanta, Shelley Nitschke, Erin Osborne, Leah Poulton, Clea Smith, Lisa Sthalekar.
-AAP
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