He may be one of the in-form Sheffield Shield bowlers in the country, but Victorian paceman Dirk Nannes is not even contemplating playing for Australia any time soon.
Nannes took 11 wickets in Victoria's nine-wicket outright victory over Queensland last week, taking his total scalps in the four-day game to 13 for the 2008/09 season.
But despite his rich vein of form, the 32-year-old believes he is a long way from getting a call-up to the national team.
"I don't really think about it too much," Nannes said prior to Victoria's training session at the MCG on Thursday afternoon.
"The only people that bring it up is you guys (the media). I am 32 years old and if you are on the cusp of getting picked you are normally 26 or 27."
While playing for Australia might be a long way from Nannes' mind, he said he would be absolutely thrilled if he did get the chance to play for his country.
"If they look at me for a shorter version of the game or something like that then I would be rapt and the longer version of the game I would be even more rapt, but realistically I would say that time is probably past me," he said.
A late developer to the game, Nannes spent the off-season playing country cricket for Middlesex in England with mixed success.
Nannes may not have taken as many wickets overseas as he wanted, but said the experience helped his game immensely.
"I came back not knowing where I would be. I just didn't know whether I would have advanced or gone backwards," Nannes admitted.
"I came back and the first game I didn't feel that good, but last game I felt that there were a lot of benefits in going away and that my bowling was standing up OK."
Victorian coach Greg Shipperd said Nannes' form this campaign had been first-class, but admitted the fiery left-armer would need to find a bit more consistency before he could be considered for the Australian team.
"I have done a lot of speculation about national call-ups in the past but I am sure that all of our bowlers would need to string quite a few good games together before that sort of honour comes their way."