Australia's replacement wicketkeeper Graham Manou says the recent Ashes tour and his surprise Test debut should help him prepare for his unexpected involvement in the one-day series in India.
After Tim Paine broke his finger overnight, Manou only had a couple of hours on Thursday to pack his bags after choosing not to tune into the Aussies' heavy loss to the home side.
"I didn't watch the game last night, I got recommended a couple of movies to watch and was watching those and woke up to a few text messages this morning and to be honest had no idea," Manou said.
"I went into (Redbacks) training thinking everything was normal and sure enough Jamie (Cox) came up and said you better head home and get ready."
Surprise call-ups are becoming 'old hat' for the 30-year-old who made his Test debut against England after Brad Haddin injured his finger on the morning of the match.
Manou is hopeful his last international experience will help him this time around.
"I think nerves are good but I guess having that experience will hold me in good stead and I guess being a different format of the game I'll certainly need to get my head around that on the flight but it's probably a little bit better than five minutes notice that's for sure," Manou said.
"I guess after this experience and the Ashes you could sort of say you'd be pretty happy with that, but I'm certainly going to want more when I come back."
"Fingers crossed this little period of the Indian tour goes okay and I can get back and try and do the job I've been doing for the Redbacks."
Paine, like Australia's first-choice keeper Haddin, has been opening the batting but Manou doesn't expect to face the new ball in the remaining matches of the Indian series.
"I'll take whatever comes at the moment, I'd probably imagine I'd be down the middle order. They've obviously got Shaun (Marsh) back and Shane (Watson) is doing such a wonderful job up there," he said.
"I'd imagine just being a stop gap that I'll slide down to the bottom end."
Manou's selection leaves the Redbacks without a captain and forces it to blood wicketkeeper Tim Ludeman for the Sheffield Shield match against Victoria at Adelaide Oval on Friday.
Manou said the former Victorian was up to the challenge.
"He comes from Carlton, had a bit of time under Darren Berry so he's quite a handy gloveman and can be relatively aggressive with the bat," he said.
"He's a solid, steady player and a very steady character as well and that's one of the main reasons why he was brought over."
South Australia hasn't named a stand-in skipper yet but opener Daniel Harris, former Bushranger Michael Klinger and Aaron O'Brien are the strongest candidates.