Alex Carey's latest wicketkeeping masterclass came with no tailored training and a simple mantra: hope for the best.
Carey is being lauded around the globe for his glovework in Australia's second Test hammering of England in Brisbane.
The 34-year-old's work standing up to the stumps to fast bowlers Michael Neser and Scott Boland has earnt lavish praise.
Remarkably, Carey's feats came with no specific practice.
"I train the basics and the fundamentals and then hope for the best," Carey told reporters on Tuesday.
"I won't go up to the stumps to a bowler bowling 130 (km/h) in the nets - nah.
"Just do my drill work and go about your business ... once you're in that game intensity, instincts take over a fair bit."
Carey dismissed any fear factor in keeping up to the quicks.
"It's not scary," he said.
"Once you're in the middle and you've got the match adrenalin going, you're just focusing on the ball.
"But I wouldn't practise it in the nets, I wouldn't get behind the nets and stand there and catch them.
"But they (bowlers) did a fantastic job and they're really open to it as well.
"Not every fast bowler likes wicketkeepers coming up, but they definitely encouraged it."
The self-effacing Carey downplayed praise for his performances, including being widely labelled as the best keeper in the world, and Australia's best gloveman since the legendary Rod Marsh.
"I don't look into that at all," he said.
"No, we've had some pretty amazing wicketkeeper-batters for Australia.
"And they're my idols and to have them mentoring me in ways as well is pretty amazing - thankful for the comments, but no, I don't look into that."
Carey's presence at the stumps to the quicks was labelled a "real threat" by Australia's coach Andrew McDonald.
"England like to use the crease, they like to advance out, so it did keep them at home and it posed a different challenge," McDonald said.
"We used the term when we were going into the game that it was just variation for us - the keeper up and back.
"An incredible 'keeping performance to add that layer of variation in for us. Will it be something we consider moving forward? Highly likely, it did work well."
Carey now has 189 dismissals in 45 Tests.
And his important 63 in Australia's first innings in Brisbane took his career run-scoring to 2099 at an average of 34.98 - only the freakish Adam Gilchrist (47.60) has a higher average of Australia's Test glovemen.
