Hohns hits back at White criticism

Australia's chairman of selectors Trevor Hohns says Cameron White has a short memory, saying the Victorian stalwart was given plenty of opportunities at international level from a young age.

Hohns expressed his 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 Sheffied 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.

White was the leading run scorer during the Matador BBQs One-Day Cup in October, but was overlooked for Australia’s ODI squad against New Zealand, with 21-year Sam Heazlett, who has yet to play a one-day match for his state of Queensland, called up when captain Steve Smith was ruled out through an ankle injury.

But Hohns hit back, saying White should remember he was 22 years 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.

"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."

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White has played four Tests, 88 ODIs and 47 Twenty20s for Australia, averaging 34.52 (ODIs) and 32.80 (T20s) across the limited-overs formats.

His last appearance in Australian colours came in January 2015, against England in Hobart.