Jackson Bird is frustrated.
The Tasmanian paceman, with three Tests already under his belt, is the second-leading wicket-taker in Sheffield Shield cricket this season. 
But he has been overlooked for the Australian Test squad, even with the retirements of Ryan Harris and Mitchell Johnson and season-ending injuries to Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins.
"It is frustrating a little bit," Bird said.
"It's something that I would love to do again, but you can't control what happens." Bird, who bowls at a notch over 130km/h, does not appear to fit the need for speed.
Instead, selectors opted to bring Nathan Coulter-Nile in as 12th man in Hobart, even though he had not played a Shield game all season, and named Victorian Scott Boland in the 13-man squad.
"I can understand why they want guys who bowl 145km/h," he said. "But I suppose history suggests that you don't have to bowl express pace to do well at Test level." He knows he's bowling well and accepts that's all he can do. "It does your head in a bit if you think about it too much."