Back had a big performance on his return and did enough to warrant Test selection.
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The 36-year-old has 6, 888 runs in 109 Tests but did not feature in the domestic Irani Trophy, the traditional trial for Test selection.
One of the significant traits of Australia's dominance of world cricket over the last decade has been the continuity in selection of the Test and one-day teams.
The next two games, against the Sharks on Wednesday, and Western Province on Saturday, are going to be massive for all the players in terms of Test selection.
But I'm looking to be fully fit and available for selection when the Test series in Sri Lanka comes around and my goal is now to get strong, get my fingers right for that series, and give it a red hot go if given the chance.
Pietersen scored 32 and 44 in England's two innings at Lord's in the second Ashes Test and came in for criticism for his shot selection during the drawn first Test in Cardiff.
Warwickshire batsman Jonathan Trott, who missed out on selection for the fourth Test, has been included in the England Lions XI to face Australia at Canterbury in a two-day match starting on Saturday 15 August.
Watson is set to play for Australia against Northants in a three-day tour match, starting on Friday, as the tourists assess their selection options for the third Test at Edgbaston.
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But as the selection for this weekend's Test against Australia in Hong Kong shows, they are still going to go for the tried and tested in the big matches.
The 33-year-old was a surprise selection in some eyes as he had not played Test cricket for a year because of a hip problem which required two operations.
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Sackey is one of a number of Test stars at Wasps harbouring strong hopes of selection for the tour to South Africa.
However, backs Wynand Olivier, Zane Kirchner, Odwa Ndungane and Jongi Nokwe, who all played in the 28-9 third Test defeat in Johannesburg, missed out on selection.
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The English Premiership clubs' umbrella organisation Premier Rugby objected to his selection as the game is not in the International Rugby Board Test window.
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Miller also confirmed Andrew Strauss would remain as one-day captain a day despite suggesting on Sunday the Test skipper was no longer an automatic long-term selection in that role.
CFRs go through a formal selection process, which involves completing an application form and an interview to test their suitability for the job.
Australia will now travel to Cardiff to prepare for the first Ashes Test, which starts on Wednesday and captain Ricky Ponting facing several selection posers.
It proposes using new CCEA tests as a means of selection, but is against the minister's proposal of reducing the proportion of pupils who sit the test annually until it is phased out completely in three years.
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