Henriques ready to repay selectors' faith

Little more than a year on from a sickening collision that could have ended his career, allrounder Moises Henriques is preparing for a second overseas tour with the Australian Test team, this time with a changed outlook.

Henriques last played Test cricket for Australia in mid-2013 on the ill-fated 'homework-gate' tour of India, but has a chance to win back his spot on the Qantas Tour of Sri Lanka.

Henriques collided with Surrey teammate Rory Burns during a domestic T20 match in June last year and the allrounder says he still occasionally suffers bouts of vertigo and dizziness.  

"The toughest thing was initially trying to find out if there was going to be any long-term side effects," he told News Ltd.

"I was getting a bit of vertigo that wasn't going away. I was quite dizzy even months after the incident, and I was a little bit nervous that wouldn't go away.

"It has got a lot better over time. I still have a few episodes here and there but it's very manageable and it doesn't really affect performance too much."

The inclusion of Henriques for the Sri Lanka touring party as a back-up to incumbent allrounder Mitchell Marsh rather than a spin-bowling allrounder such as Glenn Maxwell was a sign the selectors are looking to the quicks to provide a winning edge.

His selection was a surprise – he had been dogged by injury over the past year, the badly broken jaw followed by a badly torn calf later in the year during the KFC Big Bash League.

As a result, the 29-year-old made only four appearances for NSW in last summer's Sheffield Shield competition (including the match against Victoria that was prematurely abandoned because of ground conditions at the SCG) with a top score of 25 and best bowling figures of 1-25. 

Since his three Tests on the 2013 tour to India – Australia's most recent Test tour to the subcontinent where they were defeated 4-0 – the allrounder has averaged 36.59 from 18 innings with the Blues including three centuries, and taken nine wickets at 47.89 with a best of 2-48.

"Obviously this is a great show of faith from selectors," Henriques said.

"But I feel like I'm good enough."

Fuelling that confidence is a changed, more mature outlook that sees him more determined to take responsibility and overcome career challenges.

"When I was younger I used to sulk around every time I got injured. Now the sulking only lasts maybe for the first hour," Henriques said.

"Then it's like, 'All right, what have I got to do? This is a problem and how am I going to solve it?'

"It's just a lot more fun to live your life that way. And the proof is in the pudding.

"After I broke my jaw I could have easily been thinking I'm no chance of ever playing for Australia again.

"But in the space of one week I'd won the IPL and got picked back in the Test squad and it just shows how quickly things can change."