James Tredwell has admitted that he was surprised to be called up by England for the final Ashes Test.

The Kent spinner will join the rest of the squad prior to the fifth Test in Sydney, and he claims that it is time for him to prove his quality following the retirement of Graeme Swann.

"Getting the call was a pretty big surprise," Tredwell told Sky Sports News. "I was going out for the one-dayers anyway, but it will be nice to join the squad and hopefully turn around the results.

"I think I've shown over the last few months in the one-day game that I can compete at the top level. It's about getting the oppotunity to do it over a period of time.

"It's not going to be easy to emulate Swanny, it's going to take someone to put their hand up and Monty [Panesar] is in pole position at the moment."

Tredwell has only played at Test level once during the tour of Bangladesh in 2010