"When I was younger I never dreamt it would be possible to play Test cricket for England, " he said.
"I'm hugely excited by it, it's probably the greatest place to go and play Test rugby, " Jones told the BBC.
He has been a regular member of the Australia A team, but has yet to play Test or one-day international cricket.
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"The most important thing that I want to achieve is to get back in and play Test match cricket, " Lee said.
Purists worry that no cricketer will want to play Test cricket if he can make much more money as a Twenty20 specialist.
Although the Australians will not play Test cricket again until August, chairman of selectors Andrew Hilditch hopes Ponting will help the team rediscover their touch.
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He has yet to play Test cricket despite being a one-day regular for India, and it was a timely effort with selectors considering their options.
"While I believe I'm good enough to play Test cricket for England I've decided taken the decision now to try and play for Ireland again, " he said.
Maybe towards the end of people's careers they might choose to do what I've done but I reckon for the bulk of people's careers, they'll want to play Test cricket.
Gul should have had the wicket of Petersen in the third over, but umpire Daryl Harper failed to spot an edge to debutant wicketkeeper Adnan Akmal, the third Akmal brother to play Test cricket.
You have to play test and so forth.
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It's a legacy, to an extent of their not being able to play Test cricket at home and it makes it all the more essential that all the ICC countries do their bit to try to stage Pakistan Test matches.
Australia were due to play two Test matches and five one-day internationals in Pakistan.
India are proposing to play a Test each at Lahore, Rawalpindi and Karachi followed by one-day internationals in Karachi, two in Lahore, Faisalabad and Peshawar.
These young players have got to learn how to play in Test cricket, how to set their stall out and build an innings.
Geoff Cook, his coach at Durham, believes Harmison still has the ability to play at Test level, but he needs help from the national coaches.
At Old Trafford, I hope the Yorkshire fast bowler Ajmal Shahzad gets a game as many of us would like to see him play a Test.
New Zealand go on to play a Test against France in Marseille on 28 November before concluding their tour against the Barbarians at Twickenham on 5 December.
Wales leave for Argentina on 1 June and play two Test matches, the first in Puerto Madryn, Patagonia, on 11 June and the second in Buenos Aires on 17 June.
Hussey, who has played county cricket for Northants, Gloucestershire and Durham, made his one-day international debut on his home ground, the Waca, but has yet to play a Test in Perth.
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Murali will be available for Lancashire until mid-July when he will head home to play a Test series against the West Indies, closely followed by a tri-series which will also include India.
It twice refused to allow the Indian team to play in the annual limited-over series in Toronto and also turned down a request from the Board of Control for Cricket in India to play a Test series in Pakistan last year.
"A few injuries intervened in the series which kind of pushed us onto the back foot, but the guys stepped up and did well with the bat - Shiv (Chanderpaul) didn't play this Test match but Narsingh Deonarine chipped in well and Brendan Nash, " he commented.
"You come on these tours to play in the Test matches and I want to play more than anything, I am more determined than ever to be involved, " Williams said.
If he must take the test, you are going to demand the results, and demand he not play if the test shows an abnormality.
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"If he does play in the first Test, he won't play in all five, " Alderman told Sydney's Telegraph newspaper.
They've come out and shown we want to make a play in this Test series still.
Wests Tigers forward Bronson Harrison will play his first Test in three years, replacing Sam Rapira on the bench.
West Indies begin a tour of Australia next month and play the first Test in Brisbane on 26 November.
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