Brett Lee was told last month by Ricky Ponting his Test future hinged on his performances in the one-day game. It's so far so good for the veteran speedster.
Anyone who has seen Lee terrorise England's batsmen with his raw pace is forgiven for wondering how differently the Ashes could have panned out had the speedster been fully fit.
What would have happened had Lee been there in Cardiff to bowl at Monty Panesar?
Even on the dustbowl at The Oval he could have taken the surface out of the equation with his 150kmh-plus yorkers though it's debatable whether he would have had enough miles in the legs to do that.
His form in the one-dayers has been first-class but his 11 wickets at 22 tell only part of the story.
After a horror run in the past 12 months, the 32-year-old's body is finally in the shape to allow him to bowl fast. Frighteningly fast.
There's even talk of him having a crack at breaking the 100mph (160.1kmh) barrier.
If the experts are right and it takes two months of consistent bowling to reach such speeds, then Lee will hit his straps in India during either the Champions League Twenty20 or the ensuing seven-game one-day series.
It would be folly to judge one's worthiness to play Test cricket solely on performances in the 50-over format for the two are vastly different.
Not least is the greater onus on the bowler to earn his wickets rather than be given them by batsmen whose need to score is dictated by required run rates rather than the ball he is delivered.
Lee still has to prove he can bowl long spells, then there's the extra difficulty of forcing out one of Mitchell Johnson, Peter Siddle and Ben Hilfenhaus, in whom the brains trust have tremendous faith.
Should he do the former, the latter will be a matter of when rather than if.
Lee is an exceptional bowler in the sense no player in the country, bar the enigmatic Shaun Tait, can do what he can.
His 310 Test wickets and decade of Test experience cannot be easily brushed aside.
Also in his favour is the pace-friendly Gabba being the venue for the summer's first Test.
Unless the WACA Ground re-establishes its reputation as being the fastest track in the land, the Gabba will be where Australia is most likely to unleash four quicks.
A fruitful Test there and he'll then be hard to leave out.
There are few purer sights in international cricket than a wholehearted Lee gathering steam in his delivery stride before unleashing his missiles at unfortunate batsmen.
Barring injury, it's one Australian fans will see plenty of in the coming summer.