Australia fast bowler Brett Lee says he is already fired up for an Ashes re-match with England, which he believes will be the biggest series of his cricketing career to date.
One of the most entertaining Ashes series in years saw England claim back the famous old urn last summer, and more fireworks are expected when the two sides lock horns again Down Under this winter.
With just 100 days until the Ashes battle begins once again, Aussie paceman Lee is already relishing the prospect.
"I'm pumped up for it, it's going to be a great series," said the fast bowler.
"The Ashes is absolutely amazing, something that we've been looking forward to for some time now.
"It's possibly the biggest series that I'll ever play in."
The 29-year-old was one of the stars of the show last summer despite Australia's defeat, and Lee is determined to exact revenge on home soil.
"We try to leave behind what happened in the last Ashes series," he added.
"We know that we don't have too much to fall back on with the way that we played last time, but we'll be going up there [to Brisbane for the first Test] with a pretty open mind and we'll try to play our best cricket and really try to win the Ashes back."
Australia have been boosted by the return to cricket of Lee's bowling partner Glenn McGrath, who took a break from the game to support his wife's recovery from cancer.
The experienced paceman is now back in training and Lee says he has been in encouraging form so far.
"He's been training very hard, which is encouraging," said Lee.
"He has had a great break to get his body right and I'm sure that Glenn's chomping at the bit to get out there and play Test cricket again.
"He's saying he's bowling the quickest he's ever bowled so, if the reports [are right], well happy days. It will be great to have Glenn back.
"We did miss him when he was [out] over there. No disrespect to the other players that came in, they did more than what they were asked to do.
"In saying that, Glenn has got that knowledge. He's been our best fast bowler for some time now, and the stats prove it as well.
"Over the past 12 months we've been working on a few different tactics and techniques that we probably were lacking a little bit over in England. There's no secret in that.
"We've got a lot of cricket to play first, but our mind is definitely set on the Ashes coming up."
- PAUL HIGHAM