The rise and rise of Nathan Hauritz looks set to take full flight this summer, with the off-spinner vowing to unveil his doosra in the not so distant future.
Hauritz was influential in Australia's routing of the West Indies in the opening Test at the Gabba, notching his maiden half-century and collecting match figures of 5-57.
The 28-year-old will return to Adelaide Oval on Friday, a self-proclaimed 'mentally stronger and more confident' bowler than last year, when he was first recalled to the Test XI after four years in the wilderness.
Hauritz's improvement and development over the last 12 months has impressed many, including captain Ricky Ponting and legendary leg-spinner Shane Warne.
In his first Test match in Brisbane, Hauritz was not afraid to give the ball plenty of flight and produced genuine turn on a wicket where he previously had a first-class bowling average of 64.10.
However the tweaker is angling to take it to another level in the following months with the introduction of a doosra into his arsenal.
First mastered by Pakistan's Saqlain Mushtaq, the doosra is the off-spinner's version of a leg-spinner's googly - the delivery that spins in the opposite direction to the stock ball.
It is one of the most powerful tools at an off-spinner's disposal and Hauritz was hopeful of producing the wonder-ball under match conditions soon.
"Punter is always trying to get me to try and bowl it in a game - whether or not it's this series I don't know," Hauritz said.
"But definitely on a wicket, maybe like Perth where the bounce is so fast, if it does spin it might come out there. "
"It (the doosra) goes the other way, whether it's a fair bit … it's not a great deal but I think with my natural shape that goes away and comes back a little bit - this (the doosra) sort of straightens down the line."
Hauritz suggested he was still fine-tuning the intricacies and warned crowds not to hold great expectations.
"I sort of feel like short-leg will die if I don't get it right," he laughed.
"I think that it could be pretty handy in my coming years of playing, but whether or not we will see it soon is another thing."
"I bowl it a lot more in the nets now, but for me, I need to be able to land it consistently in the nets before I bring it out."
Doosras are incredibly difficult to perfect and have proven to be quite controversial.
Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan, the leading wicket-taker in Tests, and India's Harbhajan Singh have both been reported to the ICC for illegal straightening of the arm while bowling the delivery.
Hauritz was confident that would not be an issue for him.
"I think it's straight, my action doesn't change a great deal, just mainly with my wrist."
Hauritz said he would never feel that he belonged in the national lineup and was constantly looking for ways to improve.
"When you're playing at international level you have to learn quickly otherwise you're tossed out - not that you're not good enough, but it's sort of sink or swim in that environment."
"You're learning, but you're also playing against the best players in the world, so I don't think there is any better place to learn."
"Definitely one part of my game that can improve is just my aura on the field - and I guess that might change after 30 or 40 Tests … but I'm just quite happy to be playing each Test on its merit at the moment."
Ponting lavished praise on Hauritz, who has been the nations' first-choice Test spinner since the tour to England.
"For the last eight or ten months he hasn't let anybody down," Ponting said.
"It's always been hard for any of our spinners coming in, because when they come in they're always compared to someone else that was our spinner for so long."
"There's a lot of pressure on them being the only spinner in the side, they're expected to win games for you."
"I think Nathan's coped with that really well."
Hauritz was unconcerned about the inevitable comparisons with Warne.
"Warney was the best player ever in my eyes, as a spinner, I don't know if I'll ever see another person like that," Hauritz said.
"It's all part and parcel, I think the most important thing is to not worry about that sort of stuff , just to get on with everyday life and just concentrate on playing cricket."