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Cameron White's career was not 'earth shattering': Trevor Hohns

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Australia's chairman of selectors Trevor Hohns says Victorian stalwart Cameron White has a short memory, labelling his international career as nothing "earth shattering".

Hohns says he's surprised at White's criticism of Australian selection policies as not making sense.

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White on Tuesday said it appeared the Australian team "at some stages is a development team", saying Sheffield Shield and one-day domestic performances were being discounted by national selectors.

"You can get picked to play for Australia in any format out of Big Bash, really. It doesn't make a lot of sense," White said.

But Hohns hit back, saying White should remember he was a 22-year-old when first picked for Australia.

"I'm a little bit surprised by those comments, to be quite honest," Hohns told reporters in Adelaide on Wednesday.

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"The Sheffield Shield has been well-documented as being very important to us in Australian cricket - selectors, everybody.

"And then younger players - I think he just needs to remember that he was a very young man when he was given his first opportunity in one-day cricket.

"I don't think there is any disparity there at all, to be honest.

"Cameron has had plenty of opportunities ... he has had plenty of opportunities in the past and it's probably fair to say performed okay without being earth shattering."

The 33-year-old White has played 88 one-day internationals but was overlooked for the tour of New Zealand despite being the best batsman in October's Matador Cup 50-over competition, scoring 457 runs at an average of 76.16.

Selectors instead went for 21-year-old Sam Heazlett, who is yet to play a one- day game for his state of Queensland.

White, who was crowned Australia's best domestic player at last week's Allan Border Medal awards, said young players would increasingly focus their attention on the BBL as a means of getting selected for the national side.

AAP