Former Australian cricketer Stuart MacGill was advised by a Victorian Supreme Court judge to obtain legal advice after he appeared nervous and failed to articulate his case against Cricket Australia.

MacGill has been a no-show at the hearings which were held earlier during the year and the former cricketer represented himself before Justice Michael Donald.

MacGill is suing the governing body for failing to pay him injury payments after retirement from cricket on May 2008.

According to ABC, MacGill appeared nervous and told the court that he was not aware they could not order mediation unless he had legal representation.

"I'm not representing myself because I have to but now I just have to try to work out … whether or not the numbers stack up," he said.

"That's what it will come down to."

The cricketer filed a writ in 2005, saying he suffered multiple injuries and had ongoing health problems.

The writ stated that Cricket Australia failed to make $1.6 million due payment after MacGill retired.

The cricketer is also suing for more than $900,000 in interest.

Cricket Australia had already let the hearing know that it doesn’t dispute the fact that the cricketer retired due to injury.

However, they claim that he failed to meet his contractual obligations and therefore was not eligible for injury payments.

MacGill has taken 208 Test wickets for Australia at an average of 29.02.