When it comes to batting in the nets, there's one bowler at the top of Josh Hazlewood's "Do Not Face" list - and he's edging ever closer to a Test debut.
It's been a whirlwind month for Lance "The Wild Thing" Morris, one of the fastest bowlers in the country.
Having never previously been included in a Test squad, he was called in as a replacement option for the second match against West Indies but appeared stuck behind Scott Boland and Michael Neser.
But an injury to Mitch Starc, the chance to experiment with the bowling attack in a dead-rubber Test, and a two-paced SCG wicket have all combined to put 24-year-old Morris on the cusp of his first baggy green.
Australia have remained tight-lipped on their selection plans for the third Test against South Africa but coach Andrew McDonald has said any configuration is possible and Morris is firmly in the mix.
If Australia are chasing a like-for-like replacement for Starc, Morris is their man.
"Lance obviously brings that extra pace that we probably lack with Starcy (injured)," fellow paceman Josh Hazlewood told reporters.
"Usually when you get that in a youngster, they spray them around a bit, but his accuracy is very good for that sort of pace.
"There's quite a number of guys on my 'not-facing list' (in the nets) and he's at the top of the tree."
Hazlewood himself returns to the selection frame post-injury and, having bowled with Morris during lunch breaks in the Boxing Day Test, said the West Australian was pulling the right moves to earn a call-up.
The SCG wicket typically lends itself to spin but with rain forecast Australia could opt to bring three pacemen in as usual, pitting Hazlewood, Boland and Morris in a race to claim what is likely to be two spots after captain Pat Cummins is selected.
"Everyone's battling everyone at the moment. It's good to have options. We're all a little bit different," Hazlewood said.
As was the case last summer, Hazlewood has missed the majority of Test matches with a side strain, having last played in the West Indies series opener in Perth.
The 31-year-old has been a lock for selection in recent years as a member of the so-called "big three" pacemen alongside Starc and Cummins but claimed he was not yet aware whether he would play in Sydney.
"I guess that's what happens when you miss out with injury, you give other people an opportunity and they take it," he said.
"I think that's how I got my first go with Ryan Harris sitting out and Peter Siddle injured.
"You get your opportunity then you put pressure on the older guys. I feel like that just comes and goes as your career goes along.
"(But) I'd be definitely disappointed if I missed out."
If selected, Morris would become the fourth paceman outside the "big three" selected since the beginning of last summer.
Glenn McGrath, Australia's most successful paceman and the man behind the annual Sydney Pink Test charitable initiative, had some words of wisdom for Morris if he received his Test call-up.
"Just enjoy it," he said.
"Get out there, back yourself and the reason you got selected in the first place. You don't need to do anything different. It's probably a good team to come into. The boys are playing well. They're winning."
