Queensland quick Ryan Harris questions selector no-show at Sheffield Shield final Ryan Harris during the Shield final against Tasmania at Bellerive. AS Queensland's battle-weary cricketers lost their beloved Sheffield Shield, fast bowler Ryan Harris felt Australian selectors had little excuse for not attending the showpiece domestic game. As The Courier-Mail wrote yesterday, not a single Australian selector attended any of the five days of the final, with Tasmania winning the title in a drawn slug-fest late yesterday. Former Test quick Harris, who bowled his heart out with match figures of 7-139 (54 overs) to surge into Ashes contention, was trying to be diplomatic but was perplexed that no selectors showed up. When you look at this game, obviously myself and (Ben) Hilfenhaus, (Joe) Burns, (Alex) Doolan, (James) Faulkner and (Luke) Butterworth were some of the guys throwing their hat in the ring for national honours," Harris said. All these guys potentially could be picked on an Australian tour, or even an 'A' tour. There was a lot to look at. There was probably no reason why the selectors shouldn't have been here. It seems a bit strange. It would have been nice to see someone (a selector) down here. Chief selector John Inverarity, apparently watching the final on Fox Sports, at least gave Harris something to smile about when he said he was keeping an eye on him and termed him a "class bowler." Bulls coach Darren Lehmann says Harris should be the "first" bloke on the Ashes plane. And Ricky Ponting, who shows no signs of walking away from Australian first-class cricket after winning his first Shield title, is also tipping his great mate Harris to be selected for the Ashes. "When he is up and going, he can be as good as anyone in world cricket, not just Australian cricket," Ponting said. Now that he has got those few games under his belt, and bowled as well as he has, I'm sure the selectors will start thinking about him for the Ashes tour. The Shield final was officially a drawn game with stumps pulled when defending champions Queensland were 6-183 - chasing an impossible 446 - but hosting rights gave Tasmania the Shield title. Queensland had zero chance of winning the final yesterday, so their batsmen showed some of the grit and fight the side has exhibited all season by battening down the hatches and denying Tasmania an outright win. After having achieved almost everything else in the game, there has been much speculation it could have been Ponting's last Australian first-class game. But the 38-year-old former Test skipper is leaning strongly towards playing on - even though he has given himself an escape clause by telling Tasmania not to contract him just yet. "I've told Tasmanian cricket this week that I am really keen to play on again next year," Ponting said. That is all coming up pretty quickly, I don't want to take a contract spot and then pull out at the last minute.' Ponting, who has gone back to where it all started by playing for Tasmania, says there isn't a problem with the standard of Australian domestic cricket. "There is enough talent around (in the Shield competition)," Ponting said. It would be very comparable to any other country around the world.