Locals said he was the surprise selection after a barnstorming hustings performance.

He says of his surprise selection "I fell off the chair, and my opponents certainly did".

This good form led to his surprise selection to the Australian squad for the 3rd Ashes Test.

It will not be the first time that the surprise selection is by a member of the festival jury.

Cheema is as close to a surprise selection as we have in this match.

So it was the surprise selection of my career when I was picked against America and Canada.

He was away from the game until 2000 when he was a surprise selection for St Kilda.

He was a surprise selection for the tour of South Africa in 1953-54.

Howard was a surprise selection for the Bulldogs in the draft, with many predicting he would not be drafted until at least the third round.

One day a surprise selection was held at the battery factory where young Suzanne worked.