Despite almost scoring a century on debut, Doolan was dropped after his fourth match and never returned to the national team.

[1] Doolan played domestic cricket for his home state of Tasmania and became their regular number three batter.

[3] The innings that brought Doolan wider public attention was his unbeaten 161 for Australia A against the touring South Africans (then ranked as the number one Test team in the world) in November 2012.

[4][5] John Inverarity, Australia's national selector, included Doolan in his shortlist of four players who could replace Ponting.

He was contracted with the Melbourne Renegades for the Big Bash League, but he spent most of the tournament on the bench watching.

[7][8] Doolan finished that summer fourth on the Sheffield Shield tally with 715 runs at 42.05,[9] improving on his leaner 2011–12.

[14][15] Doolan made his Test cricket debut in the first match of the series at Centurion Park in February 2014.

Doolan felt uncomfortable playing in Asia because footwork against spin bowling didn't come naturally to him, but he started the tour well by scoring a century against Pakistan A in a warm-up match.

[20] In the first Test match at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Doolan was "stagnant" at the crease and did not fare well against Pakistan's spin bowlers.