White Australia's forgotten man

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IF DOMESTIC form counts for anything, then the national selectors must have raised an eyebrow at Cameron White's 1110 runs so far this summer.

Raised an eyebrow, but not lifted him into the Australian team.

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White is in the top three leading run scorers in the Shield, Ryobi Cup and Big Bash competitions, but has not cracked it for a spot in the national Test or one-day squads.

Asked whether he thought he was entering Brad Hodge territory - being ignored by selectors despite scoring a mountain of runs - White responded: "No. I hope not.

"Hopefully I'm not being ignored and there's an opportunity just around the corner.

"I feel as though I've got unfinished business playing for Australia. I'd like to push on and play a lot more for Australia in all of the formats. That's why I'm still playing cricket.

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"I probably would've chucked it in if that wasn't the case. I still love playing the game and harbour strong ambitions to get back there and prove myself at that level again."

The Melbourne Stars skipper said getting the call up to play for Australia was often simply a matter of the stars being in alignment.

"Just because you're in good form, doesn't mean that you're guaranteed to play," the 30-year-old said.

"I think (the members of) the one-day team, individually, they've been playing pretty well as well, their batsmen especially have had a good last couple of series, so I just have to be patient and wait for a spot."

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His Melbourne Stars and Victorian coach, Greg Shipperd, said the Australian selectors had been "really consistent" in giving opportunities to in-form cricketers over the past few seasons, and expected White to feature in the three Twenty20 internationals against England later this month.

"I think he must have been really, really close to selection for the one-day series," Shipperd said, "and I don't think they've bedded down the Australian Twenty20 team yet, so I'd be surprised if he's not included in that group at the back end of the season given his current form."

Shipperd said that in addition to his dynamic batting, White's leadership, superb fielding and useful bowling meant he would definitely be "on the selectors' radar" for the T20 World Cup (in Bangladesh in March) and the 2015 World Cup in Australasia.

"I know that in discussions with them they've been suitably impressed with Cameron's current form and the way he's striking the ball."

He suggested White's Shield form meant he would be in the discussions about the touring party for the upcoming Test series in South Africa, but "I think they've shown their hand as far as the next Test batsman goes, and that's (Alex) Doolan."

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When the first Test gets underway at Centurion on February 12, White is more likely to be padding up for Victoria in a Shield match against New South Wales at the SCG, a formidable presence in the Bushrangers' middle order.

"I think the penny's dropped in terms of putting together all of the technical aspects he's been working on over a long period of time," Shipperd said of White's red-ball form.

"That, added to his maturity as a player. The mental side of the game, the strategies around how hard to attack it as a batsman, that side of things has come together nicely this year.

"At 30 a lot of those things click in to place for a lot of cricketers and think that's been the case for him."

White agreed: "My game's in a good place ... I feel that my game's in the order it needs to be to go back to the next level, but in saying that you can't just expect that because you're in good form (you'll get called up).

"There are plenty of people in good form around the country that aren't that side either.

"It's up to me to keep performing and to be patient and hopefully when the timing's right I can grab a chance again."

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