Victoria have dropped veteran batsman David Hussey from the Sheffield Shield side to meet Tasmania from Wednesday.
The 36-year-old, who played one-day cricket for Australia as recently as January, has been left out of a the Bushrangers’ XII following scores of 44, seven and 13 in two Shield matches this season.
Hussey averages 51.71 in first-class cricket and has played 69 one-day and 39 Twenty20 internationals.
“Huss is a bit unlucky in that all the other batters are in good form,” chairman of selectors Andrew Lynch said in a statement.
The axing comes even with Australian representative Aaron Finch unavailable for Victoria after he was drafted into Cricket Australia’s Invitational XI to play England in Sydney this week.
Big-hitting Glenn Maxwell and spinner Jon Holland return from Australia A duty, while paceman Clint McKay is back after the ODI series in India.
Test paceman Peter Siddle will be rested ahead of the Ashes opener next week.
Victoria: Matthew Wade (capt), Fawad Ahmed, Scott Boland, Dan Christian, Peter Handscomb, John Hastings, Jon Holland, Clint McKay, Glenn Maxwell, Rob Quiney, Chris Rogers, Cameron White.