Despite not being named as a contracted Tasmanian player last week, all-rounder James Faulkner is still pushing for state selection.
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A one-time Australian Test representative and player of the 2015 World Cup final, 30-year-old Faulkner has not yet ruled a line through his name.
"I'm still available to play, I'm still training, I'm still on the Zoom calls with the squad and the team chats," Faulkner told cricket.com.au.
"Throughout last season I was speaking to Griffo (Tasmania's head of high performance Adam Griffith) and Wadey (state captain Matthew Wade) about what I was potentially going to do, what the plan could be, that maybe I don't sign but still play.
"It gives them the option to sign someone else, add a bit more depth to the squad."
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Despite Griffith saying last week that "you never rule anything out", Faulkner's 50-game Sheffield Shield career appears done.
However, he still appears to have a place in limited overs cricket.
Last donning the Tasmanian whites against Victoria in November 2017, the former Launceston Cricket Club player finished with 2034 runs, including an unbeaten century and 156 wickets with a best bowling of 5-5 against South Australia in 2010.
"The knees have been pretty good since I stopped playing four-day cricket.
"My knees were just copping it; I wasn't getting through at all. I do miss it obviously, I loved playing Shield cricket for Tasmania.
"But in one-day and 20-over cricket I'm coping fine and I'm enjoying it."
Since joining the Hobart Hurricanes in 2018 from the Melbourne Stars where he played 47 matches across seven seasons, Faulkner has been a solid contributor for the Tasmanian side.
The man bestowed with the nickname "the finisher" claimed seven wickets across four games during his first season in purple but improved his record to a team-high 18 victims in BBL 09.
Coming into the final year off his three-season Hurricanes contract, Faulkner is eager to continue his playing career with the Big Bash side.
"I'm still contracted to the Hurricanes and that's the main priority for Cricket Tas and myself, to be fit and ready to go because the last couple of years I've done pretty well with them.
"And then I will still be available for the one-dayers and play in them if I'm fit and they want to play me, and vice-versa."
"The last couple of years I've had in Hobart with the Hurricanes has been some of the most fun I've had playing cricket."
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