Adam Voges will captain the Prime Minister's XI against Sri Lanka next month in a match expected to bring his international career to a close.
The 37-year-old batsman played in the second Test against South Africa in November, before a head knock suffered in the Sheffield Shield ruled him out of the series.
Adam Voges will lead the Prime Minister's XI against Sri Lanka in Canberra next month. Credit:Ross Setford
Voges lost his Test spot during his concussion absence after a sequence of low returns batting at number five, while he has not played an ODI or T20 for Australia since 2013.
"I'm done in terms of international cricket. I can probably acknowledge the fact I'm not getting back in the side," Voges said.
After his 239 runs against New Zealand at Wellington last February he managed only 218 more runs in the baggy green at an average of 19.8.
Voges agreed the selectors made the right call to all but draw curtains on his 20-Test career that returned 1485 runs at 61.87.
"I'm realistic enough to understand my performances weren't up to scratch in my last few Tests and we lost those games which means there is always going to be change," Voges said.
"It's always disappointing to get dropped or left out of the side, but there was only one person to blame and that was me."
Voges made his first Test appearance in 2015 against the West Indies and at 35 became the oldest player in world cricket to make a century on debut.
"Being such a late starter it was good to get an opportunity at all, because two years ago I probably thought I was never going to play Test cricket," he said.
"So to be able to play 20 Test matches and get that baggy green I worked so hard for over a long period of time is something I'll look back on very fondly when it all finishes up."
Voges featured in the PM's XI match against New Zealand last summer, but will captain the side for the first time on February 15.
"It's a tremendous honour to be selected to captain the Prime Minister's XI and captain alongside the likes of past greats including Brett Lee, Mike Hussey Ricky Ponting and Chris Rogers," Voges said.
With the fixture pushed to the back of the summer, Voges acknowledged the scheduling isn't ideal but still believes the match remains a legitimate pathway to national selection.
"The timing is a little bit different but I still see it as an opportunity for guys to put their name forward and think it's still an important fixture on the cricket calendar," he said.
"My first PM game was in 2005 against the West Indies and I was a young guy looking to make an impression and about a year later I made my ODI debut."
Canberra's annual fixture will be played as a T20 for the first time and see ICC's 16th ranked nation Papua New Guinea play an ACT XI as a curtain-raiser at Manuka Oval.
Eamonn Tiernan is a sports reporter with The Canberra Times