Australia pacer Nathan Coulter-Nile feels he is nearing the end of his career in international cricket with all the competition for spots around. 

Coulter-Nile was dropped from the playing XI after initial struggles during the World Cup in UK and is currently focussing on regaining his place back through quality domestic performances. 

But the 32-year-old Western Australian also understands he might never make it to the top again with the national selectors beginning to look past him. 

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"I think I'm coming towards the end of my Australian career, definitely," Coulter-Nile told cricket.com.au. "They've even shown recently that they are going a bit younger, and so they should."

"Why would you pick another 32-year-old bloke when you can pick a young bloke probably looking forward to the next World Cup in four years? I understand that and good luck to them."

Fighting a mental battle now and even while he was sidelined in England, Coulter-Nile feels he could've perhaps dealt his issues better, talk about them to right people and step away from the game for a period. "I went through a pretty bad stage, during the World Cup even," Coulter-Nile said. "I was dealing with some stuff at home and it's a really big issue, mental health. It's really hard to speak up and those blokes who have, they deserve to be commended."

"Personally, I know I would never come out and say, 'Look, I'm not putting myself up for selection because right now it's not the best thing for me or the team'."

"The more people that do it, the more it will get understood and more people stand up and do it. I'm really proud of them."

"The selection and playing for Australia that comes with it, it's honestly mentally draining and physically draining," added the veteran who has played 32 ODIs and 28 T20Is for Australia so far. 

"Not saying I don't want to play for Australia – I do – but it's something I've probably put to the back of my mind. It's really freeing and liberating."

"You know if you perform well, you're going to get picked. But even then, when you feel like you're performing well and you're in the team and you get dropped, it's a rollercoaster that's sometimes really hard to get on."

"Hopefully I can ride it one more time, but it's not something I'm really thinking about."

(Inputs from cricket.com.au)