Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland has ruled out a Test comeback from veteran Shane Warne

Australia are yet to find a permanent replacement for Warne and as Australia's Ashes dream slips away, many cricket experts believe he could still have found time to dust off his whites and get stuck into England again.

But Sutherland has ridiculed the campaign to bring Warnie back for the Melbourne Boxing Day Test or the Sydney Test in the new year.

"I haven't had too much to laugh about in the last week or so, but I did smile when I read Richie Benaud's quote that the thing that disappointed him about this debate was that nobody had suggested he make a comeback himself," Sutherland said.

"Shane retired from Test cricket almost exactly four years ago and by his own admission he hasn't touched a cricket bat or ball since the IPL series early this year," Sutherland said.

"CA hasn't spoken to him about playing and, while the selectors operate independently of CA management, I am not aware of them having any intention of talking to Shane.

"He is Australia's greatest ever bowler and he was always going to be irreplaceable.

"World cricket is unlikely to see the likes of him again in our lifetime.

The failure of Australia's spinners to come anywhere near Warne's level of match-winning prowess since his retirement had 71 per cent of fans in a recent poll in The Daily Telegraph calling for the greatest leg-spinner of all time to return and rescue Australia's sinking Ashes campaign.

Dean Jones said Warne would do it. Warne said he was flattered by all the talk.

But selectors have chosen the unheralded Michael Beer for a Test debut in Perth this week after Warne recommended his inclusion.

Beer will be the 10th slow bowler used by Australia since Warne's retirement.