He's a Blue to his bootstraps, but there's no doubt as to which ground in Australia lives in Brett Lee's heart.
The 29-year-old said after his team's nail-biting one-over-to-spare win over Western Australia at the WACA that he was thinking of doing a little manual labour and taking the fruits of it around in his kitbag for use where ever he bowls.
"I'd love to go out there with a spade now and dig it up and take it home in my bag, but I don't think the WACA would appreciate that," he said with a laugh.
"I do love playing here – I enjoy the crowd, I enjoy the atmosphere, and it was great that the Blues got up today."
Lee bowled at extraordinary pace and fire in his first three overs, bringing back memories of his late-1999 effort at the WACA – where he broke Jo Angel's arm and was almost too fast to see - that led to his call-up for Australia in the Boxing Day test that year.
He went close to the magical 100 mile-per-hour mark in the Chappell-Hadlee series opener in Melbourne late last year, but said he was probably quicker than that on Sunday, when he was watched by nearly 12,000 patrons.
"It felt like I was bowling as quick, if not quicker, than I did in the Telstra Dome series, where I was clocked at 157 (kph) down there."
"My rhythm felt like it was about 90 per cent. It still feels like there's a bit to go, and that's no lie. That's just lack of match practice. It's going to take a few more games and I'm sure I'll be back to where I was," he said.
SpeedBlitz Blues skipper Simon Katich said that despite Lee only picking up the one scalp, his aggression from the River end had contributed to other bowlers getting wickets.
"Definitely. Definitely. Stewey (Clark) bowled really well, but it was noticeable that the boys were trying to play a few more shots at that end, and fair enough too – the ball was zinging around there early on," he said with the relieved laugh of someone watching events from the field rather than the batting crease.
"I would have been interested to see what sort of pace it was going down at. There was some good pace early on, and I thought he was unlucky he didn't get one early on – we thought Northy's (opener Marcus North) came off the glove, but that's the way it goes."
"It was just good to see him get back out there and play again."