West Australian batsman Mike Hussey has been dismissed for a golden duck against South Australia in the Sheffield Shield match in Adelaide.
Hussey was out for a golden duck and North, who was dropped before scoring, made just 10.
Despite a splendid Shaun Marsh (137) knock, the Warriors were bowled out for 295 in their first innings, some 157 runs behind the Redbacks.
Selectors brought Hussey home early from the one-day series in India and excused him from last night's Twenty20 international in the belief he was better off playing in the Sheffield Shield, for the first time in almost three years, before the Ashes.
North has only passed 20 once in his past six Test innings, albeit with that innings being a fighting 128 against India in Bangalore. His exclusion from the one-day squad should make him available to lead WA in their three-day match against England starting on Friday, with national selectors not expected to shield him from the visitors.
Nielsen, asked about Hussey's failure, said it would ''be nice for him to get some runs'' but then downplayed the importance of it.
Ferguson's first Shield innings in almost 20 months was the most outstanding of all the Test challengers. Phillip Hughes made only five opening for NSW in Brisbane, although his Blues teammate, Usman Khawaja, fared better, scoring 60.
Nielsen said the performance of 25-year-old Ferguson, four days after he was dropped from the national one-day squad, meant there would be ''plenty for the selectors to think about''.
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