Shane Warne wants Australian selectors to consider unheralded Western Australian left-arm spinner Michael Beer for the third Ashes Test in Perth.

A former Victorian, 26-year-old Beer ventured west this year in pursuit of greater opportunity and has bowled decently in his five first-class matches for the Warriors, returning 16 wickets at 39.93.

He took five of those across two innings in the tour match against the Englishmen at the WACA ground in November.

His bowling has not gone unnoticed at a higher level, and it is believed he was close to selection for the Australia A match against England in Hobart only to be squeezed out by the NSW allrounder Stephen O'Keefe.

Describing the unfortunate Xavier Doherty as a ''Ricky Ponting selection'', Warne argued that in the absence of a standout option, Beer's experience at the WACA would be valuable.

''Spin-bowling options are difficult. Xavier Doherty has not had an ideal situation to come in and play two Test matches,'' Warne wrote in the London Telegraph.

Beer, who hails from St Kilda, the same Victorian Premier Cricket club that Warne emerged from, crossed the Nullarbor earlier this year after being consistently overlooked by Bushrangers selectors.

In five first-class appearances for the Warriors this season, Beer has taken 16 wickets at an average of 39.93, including five in November's tour match against England.

WA coach Micky Arthur backed Warne's thoughts, saying Beer has proved himself a valuable member of the Warriors line-up.

"Beer is as good a left-armer as I have seen and if he was in South Africa he would be pushing hard for (Test) selection," Arthur said.