White in the dark on playing future

Cameron White celebrated his sixth Sheffield Shield title with Victoria on Sunday and declared he wants to play on amid support from his teammates, but the veteran's status remains in limbo.

The 35-year-old veteran of 177 first-class games celebrated into the early hours of Monday morning with his Victorian teammates after they beat NSW at the Junction Oval yesterday, unsure of what his playing future looks like. 

"I'm just sort of in limbo now. I'm going to enjoy celebrating with the boys for the next couple of days and see how it plays out over the next couple of weeks," White said on RSN's Big Sports Breakfast today.

"It's not awkward, but just a situation where I don't really know what the go is, so I've just got to wait and see and be patient."

White, as parochial a cricketer there is, said there was no chance he would move interstate to prolong his first-class career, but with the Melbourne Renegades unlikely to renew ties with him he may yet look elsewhere to continue in the KFC Big Bash League.

With speculation about his future rife, teammates were at pains to hail White for his positive influence, notably from rising talent Will Pucovski who hailed the veteran's influence on his own development.

"He's been massive for me, he's really taken me under his wing since I first came into the system," the prodigiously talented 21-year-old said.

"He's been a huge support on and off the field, which has been massive.

"I hope it's not his last Shield innings but even then, you see the class he brings. I know it was only 40-odd but it was crucial in the scheme of things and kept the game ticking over.

"He's a super player and a super bloke as well."

Victoria captain Travis Dean said he hoped Victoria would renew White for what would be a 20th first-class summer.

"Hopefully he gets another year, he's great around the group. He's great for me personally, he's great for Will Pucovski," Dean said.

"Whether he's giving advice in the nets or he's out in the field there giving a few ideas, he's always thinking.

"He's the smartest cricketer I know.

"To have him around is great for Victoria and great for Cricket Australia too because he's producing players going forward."

White first tasted Shield glory in the 2003-04 summer when he struck a fifty and took 4-66 against Queensland in the final at the MCG to end a 12-year title drought for Victoria.

He won the Shield again in 2008-09 – striking 135 in the first innings, again against Queensland and was again a key player with an innings of 89 in the rematch a year later for his third winner's medal.

He was out of favour when Victoria next won the Shield in the 2014-15 summer but returned with aplomb to play key roles as the state claimed the Shield again in 2015-16 and 2016-17, a summer in which he was crowned Australia's male domestic cricketer of the year for a second time.

This summer White had again faced pressure to hold his spot in the side throughout the season, and an injury to Nic Maddinson opened the door for him to play in last weekend's final.

"It feels as good as the first one did, if not better," White said on Fox Cricket after the final wicket.

"I'm very proud to be standing alongside the rest of the boys. A couple of the previous finals I've played in have been draws but this one we knew from the outset, having seen the wicket and with the Dukes ball as well, we knew it was probably going to be a result.

"You're always a bit nervous and a bit tense but we had a great bowling attack that got the rewards and it's a great feeling in the end."