Tasmanian wicket-keeper/batsman Matthew Wade still has hopes of winning a Test recall, despite not hearing from the Australian selectors since he was dumped from the Test and ODI sides in 2017.
Wade has enjoyed a prolific start to the Sheffield Shield season, topping the scoring charts with 571 runs at an average of 63.44 with one ton and five half-centuries.
Test great Michael Hussey says the 30-year-old should be considered by the selectors as a specialist batsman due to his sheer weight of numbers at domestic level.
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“I’ve still got the desire to play Test cricket,” Wade told SEN Breakfast.
“I suppose once I got dropped I had to work out what was going to drive me and I think just trying to be the best player I can possibly be is what I’ve been focusing on over the last 12 months.
“I haven’t heard a word from the selectors from the moment I got dropped. I had probably two 50-second conversations when I got dropped from the Test and ODI team and that was 18 months ago, and I haven’t heard one word since.
“That’s how it is in the cricket world, you don’t hear from selectors unless you’re either getting dropped or you’re getting picked.
“It would have been nice to hear more from them but they haven’t got a lot to say to players I don’t reckon.”
Wade has played 22 Tests for Australia, scoring 886 runs at an average of 28.58 with two centuries along with 74 dismissals with the gloves.
Listen to Matthew Wade's chat on SEN Breakfast with Sam Edmund and John Hastings in the player below