Australia's chairman of selectors Trevor Hohns says Victorian stalwart Cameron White has a short memory, labelling his international career as nothing "earth shattering".

Hohns says he's surprised at White's criticism of Australian selection policies as not making sense.

White on Tuesday said it appeared the Australian team "at some stages is a development team", saying Sheffield Shield and one-day domestic performances were being discounted by national selectors.

"You can get picked to play for Australia in any format out of Big Bash, really. It doesn't make a lot of sense," White said.