His one and only Test appearance was over 18 months ago and he was ignored on the recent Ashes tour despite being the leading run scorer in the team which dominated the Sheffield Shield last summer.
But Victorian opener Chris Rogers hasn't given up hope of again playing for Australia as the left-hander gears up for the start of another busy domestic cricket season.
Rogers goes into the 2009-10 season refreshed having missed Victoria's recent Champions League Twenty20 campaign in India and in fact has had a rare month off after another stellar English county season for Derbyshire.
And while the rest of his Victorian team-mates were busy re-adjusting to Australian conditions and the red ball at the MCG on Tuesday - in their one and only training session since returning to Australia ahead of their opening Shield game this season against South Australia beginning in Adelaide on Friday - Rogers is preparing to match his deeds from last season.
The former Western Australian scored 1195 runs to be the team's leading scorer in the Sheffield Shield in his first season with the Bushrangers as the Vics clinched their first Shield title in five years.
But despite scoring the most centuries (five) and the most half-centuries (five) of any Australian player in the first-class arena last summer - Rogers still appears to find himself behind incumbent Shane Watson, recently axed young gun Phillip Hughes and another former Test opener Phil Jaques in the race to be Simon Katich's opening partner in the Test team.
The 32-year-old does not believe his cards have been 'marked' by the national selection panel never to play for Australia again although he admitted on Tuesday to being frustrated at the lack of feedback he has received as far as his place in the Test pecking order is concerned.
"I haven't had too much feedback but that is what happens," he said.
"When you are out of the (national) side, all you can do is score runs and hopefully get that phone call so I know what my job is and I will try to keep doing it."
"I was pretty disappointed not to be picked (on the Ashes tour) - I thought I was a chance but I didn't get the call but that is how it goes sometimes in sport."
Rogers says he is hoping sheer weight of runs will eventually see him win a national recall if he can repeat his feats at the top of the order for Victoria this season.
"I want it as much as I always have but like I said the opportunity needs to come my way."
"Obviously I haven't been selected when the opportunities have come so from that point of view (maybe I will never play for Australia again) but I can't afford to worry about that at this stage."
"It would be nice to know where you stand but there are a lot of good players out there but my job is to score more runs than the rest of them and take it (the decision) out of the selectors' hand almost."
"That is all you can do - you have just got to do better than anyone else to give yourself a chance."
Rogers said he was confident he could repeat his run-scoring heroics in his debut season for the Vics again this year - starting in Adelaide on Friday.
"It was a great start and really enjoyable and hopefully I have set a standard that I can continue on and the team also had a good season and we are looking forward to more success this year," said Rogers.