David Hussey’s international career appears over after he was left off Cricket Australia’s contracted players’ list for the next year.
The 35-year-old Hussey has played 69 one-dayers and 39 Twenty20s for Australia, and held out a slight hope of making the Test squad for the looming back-to-back Ashes series.
But with Hussey unlikely to make the Test squad, and Australia focusing on youth ahead of the 2015 one-day World Cup, he was dropped from the 20-man CA contract list announced on Thursday.
“I’d never say never about anybody. But it is an indication that we are looking towards grooming some younger players,” national selector John Inverarity said of batsman Hussey’s omission.
“And as we all appreciate, we are very much in a transition stage in Australian cricket.
“We are looking to give experience to those young players we think will come through.”
Paceman Jackson Bird, all-rounder Moises Henriques, Usman Khawaja and Steve Smith also missed out on contracts, but they remain in the mix for Ashes and one-day selection.
George Bailey, Ed Cowan, James Faulkner, Phillip Hughes, Glenn Maxwell and Clint McKay all retained their places after earning upgrades during the last period.
Former skipper Ricky Ponting and fellow veteran Mike Hussey drop off the contract list after retiring from international ranks last summer.
Contract list: George Bailey, Michael Clarke, Ed Cowan, Patrick Cummins, Xavier Doherty, James Faulkner, Brad Haddin, Ryan Harris, Ben Hilfenhaus, Phillip Hughes, Mitchell Johnson, Nathan Lyon, Glenn Maxwell, Clint McKay, James Pattinson, Peter Siddle, Mitchell Starc, Matthew Wade, David Warner, Shane Watson.
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