Ricky Ponting is unlikely to play one-day international cricket again but will continue to play Test matches for Australia.
The 37-year-old was cut from Australia's squad for the rest of the Commonwealth Bank Series.
But Ponting has vowed to continue his Test career after scoring a drought-breaking 134 in Sydney followed by a double century in Adelaide during this summers' series against India.
"All I have left now is Test cricket so want to be the best I can be in that form of the game," Ponting said at a press conference in Sydney on Tuesday.
The decision means Ponting must return to Sheffield Shield cricket for Tasmania if he wants to continue playing Test cricket.
He will also be available for the Tigers' Ryobi One-Day Cup final against South Australia in Adelaide on Saturday.
"I'm looking forward to playing some Shield games for Tasmania and getting some runs under my belt ahead of the tour of the West Indies," Ponting said.
"My club team Mowbray might see a bit of me as well."
Ponting, Australia's best batsman behind Sir Donald Bradman, captained two World Cup wins in 2003 and '07, which coincided with his period as one of the most dominant batsmen in world cricket.
He brought up his 10,000th one-day run in the '07 campaign and was named captain of Australia's one-day team of the century.
But his past five ODI innings in the tri-series against Sri Lanka and India have all been single figure scores.