While Glenn McGrath peruses England's top order deciding which victim he would prefer as No.500 in Test cricket, his fast bowling mate Brett Lee cannot be so choosy.
"I just want to make sure that I'm doing everything possible to try and win my Test spot back, that's the only thing I want to target," said Lee, who will aim to end a Test drought that currently stands at 17 months during the Ashes tour.
Despite the frustration of continually dragging his side's drinks cart throughout last summer and the Test series in New Zealand, Lee remains upbeat, feels as physically fit as he did when he was 21 and is confident he can play more Test cricket.
"I think I can, yeah definitely," he said.
"I've got that hunger for it, I've got that want to go back and play Test cricket and I know that I'm 28 years of age now and as far as bowling fast and taking wickets, I still haven't reached my peak.
"As far as being a fast bowler, they don't reach their peak until they're 29 or so and the last game I played was the fastest I've ever bowled ... so excited is the best way I can put it."
As he did in New Zealand, Lee aims to use the triangular one-day series against England and Bangladesh to build up some steam and challenge for a spot in the Test side.
In the final limited-overs match in New Zealand, Lee was bowling with such pace that he clocked one delivery at 160.8kph - a personal best and the fastest he had bowled since the 2003 World Cup in South Africa.
Yet he still could not dislodge Michael Kasprowicz, Jason Gillespie or McGrath and crack a Test recall.
In his own words, Lee feels like he has his back foot pressed firmly on the starter's block.
But he denies that his build-up towards playing Test cricket again is like sprinting to prepare for a 10,000m race.
"I actually feel the other way, I feel like I'm ready because I've bowled 20 out of 21 (one-day) matches last summer for Australia and I've played something like 13 matches straight," Lee said.
"You are bowling 10 overs but bowling 10 overs in a one-day match is almost like bowling 15 or 20 overs in a Test because the intensity is so full-on in one-day cricket.
"So as far as match fitness (is concerned), I think I'm in very good stead."
Lee backed up his belief by declining a handful of offers from English counties after the New Zealand tour and instead spent the past two months visiting India on a promotional tour, fishing in Western Australia and relaxing at home.
Now he wants to satisfy himself by bowling well in England, after the 2001 tour gleaned just nine wickets at over 55 runs apiece.
"I want to prove it to myself and that's the only thing I want to do," he said.
"I know that if I've been bowling the way that I have the past eight months now, since I've been back for the one-dayers, hopefully I can keep doing the same business."