Michael Clarke has shed light on Australia's contentious decision to omit Brad Haddin for the third Test of the Ashes earlier this year, suggesting selectors kept the wicketkeeper in the dark having already opted to pick Peter Nevill.
Haddin missed the second Test of Australia's failed series, in which they were beaten 3-2, due to family reasons and was not recalled for the third encounter at Edgbaston.
The decision to leave out the experienced Haddin - who has since retired - was a reported cause of disquiet among the Australia ranks.
Former captain Clarke has now criticised elements of Australia's selection policy for the series, and particularly the way head coach Darren Lehmann and selector Rod Marsh dealt with the Haddin dilemma.
"I spoke to Rod Marsh and Darren Lehmann before the match started and told them it would be helpful to know which one they're intending to pick for the next Test because, whoever it was, I'd get them behind the stumps in the first innings and bat them up the order," Clarke wrote in his Ashes Diary 2015.
"These games are all about preparing for the Tests, and our Test keeper needed match practice. Rod and Boof (Lehmann) hadn't decided for sure, but were leaning pretty strongly towards Nev. They didn't want to change a winning side from Lord's.
"At training, I was batting in the nets when Hadds walked up to Rod and asked him which keeper was going to play the Test. I was close by, but I walked away, hoping Rod might tell Hadds what he'd told me, that they preferred Nev for Edgbaston.
"But he didn't. He told Hadds no decision had been made, that he'd get back to him.
"Hadds wasn't happy with that, so he walked straight up to Boof, who said the same thing - that the selectors hadn't decided.
"So Hadds asked Boof straight out, as a selector, who he was going for. And Boof looked him straight in the eye and said he wanted Nev to play."