With widespread calls for his inclusion in England's team for the third Ashes Test, starting on December 14 at the WACA Ground, in Perth, Panesar had a timely chance to showcase his talents in the limited-overs match.

The Cricket Australia Chairman's XI beat the England and Wales Cricket Board Chairman's XI comfortably by seven wickets, making 260 in 40.1 overs for the loss of just three wickets, in reply to the English team's 259 for eight, but most of the interest centered on the performance of England Test hopefuls, and Panesar in particular.

Panesar was expensive at times in the face of a batting onslaught by the home side, and Western Australia (WA) opener Luke Ronchi in particular. But he also claimed two wickets.

Brought on to warm applause in the 12th over, with the home side scoring at almost eight runs an over, Panesar struck immediately, bowling WA opener Chris Rogers for 32 with his second ball.

Rogers attempted a reverse sweep and failed to make contact.

It was a fine start for Panesar but he was about to be fully tested by the aggressive batting of Ronchi, who smashed 89 in just 49 balls, with three sixes and 15 fours, for the home side.

On the smallish ground, Panesar's second and third overs went for 16 and 11 runs respectively, and included three sixes.

Ronchi lofted the finger spinner for another six in his fourth over, but Panesar had the last laugh when he slipped in a quicker ball and had the batsman neatly stumped by wicketkeeper Chris Read, another Test aspirant.

Panesar finished his first spell with 2-51 from seven overs, eventually claiming 2-63 from 10 overs.

Former Test star Alec Stewart, who captained the England and Wales side, said Panesar was pleased with the outing.

There was little joy for fast bowlers Sajid Mahmood and Liam Plunkett, the pair vying to replace the struggling James Anderson in the Test side.