 After a successful domestic career, he was called up to the full international squad for their tour of England in 2008, where he made his mark with a career best 146 against the England Lions, beating his previous best of 135.He made his test debut on 15 May 2008 at Lord's, but was out for a duck off the bowling of James Anderson.Overall the three-match test series against England was a disappointment for Redmond, making a total of just 54 runs at an average of 9.00.