Brett Lee really taught those Bangladeshis a lesson. No, he really did teach them a lesson.
The NSW speedster took time out yesterday ahead of the one-day series starting in Cairns today to give some free advice to Test cricket's strugglers.
Lee, inspired by the Bangladesh players' willingness to learn, agreed to give their fast bowlers a clinic, passing on some of the knowledge he has gained from the likes of Dennis Lillee.
"After the last Test I sat down with a few of their fast bowlers and the thing that excited me was how keen they were to learn," Lee said.
"I couldn't go out then and there to show them things, so I arranged this session and I just passed on a few tips that Dennis Lillee passed on to me."
Lee said his lesson was, naturally, "about bowling fast".
"I was working on a few actions, getting their actions strong, their approach to the crease - just really basic things but things that you might not be aware of unless someone points them out."
Lee, who also shares information with pace rival and good friend Shoaib Akhtar, said the Bangladesh quicks had "great potential to bowl faster" and could add 10-15kmh to their bowling speeds over the next two years.
He admitted the sharing of ideas was something that used to happen more often in cricket but was being eroded by hectic schedules and more detailed management of players' time.
"It's a time factor - in the '80s they used to catch up for a beer and sit in the changing rooms until 10 o'clock at night. Now it doesn't happen. Instead of throwing the beer on ice, they're putting us on ice at the end of a game."
Lee will follow up his lesson by writing out a program for weight training and recovery sessions - "something these guys haven't learnt a lot about".
Bangladesh pace bowler Mashrafe Mortaza, 19, one of the better performers on this tour, was rapt with Lee's advice - particularly as he was nursing a sore back as the result of his action.
"He watched my video from the Test match and told me I had some problems with my front arm, and he's right, because I have some pain in my back and I don't know if I can play tomorrow," Mashrafe said.
Neither team has named an XI for the first of two one-dayers this weekend, although Australia were likely to omit Brad Williams - who flew in from Perth yesterday morning to cover for the injured Glenn McGrath - and Andrew Symonds, who has the flu.
McGrath is expected to be released from hospital today after surgery to remove a piece of bone from the back of his left ankle yesterday.
Cricket Australia medical officer Dr Trefor James said the surgery would hopefully fix an injury that had caused McGrath discomfort for much of his international career.