http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/11/23/3074546.htm?site=sport
Only one other Australian quick is ranked in the world Test top 10 other than Mitchell Johnson - Doug Bollinger.
And he is the only Australian speedster in both the Test and one-day top 10 - one of only two players in the world to boast the feat.
So no wonder Bollinger is standing by his stats as national selectors mull over which fast bowler to give the dreaded tap on the shoulder ahead of the first Ashes Test in Brisbane.
Yet Bollinger is still tipped to be overlooked due to something that is not in his resume - match fitness.
His lack of first class bowling after breaking down in India with an abdominal strain last month is expected to cost him his spot when the first Team is finalised.
But try telling him that.
"I would love to play. I think I have had the perfect preparation," he said.
"I've received the program the physio thought would be good for me to get through and that's all I can do.
"I am feeling right to go and bowling well.
"I think I have bowled well - I think my stats show that.
"I think I have a lot to offer this team."
Bollinger has every right to talk up the fruits of his labour from the past year.
He has taken 49 wickets from 11 Tests at the world-class average of 23.80 - the best of the current Australian pacemen.
Yet the addition of spinner Xavier Doherty has put one of the four quicks in the selectors' sights for Brisbane.
Johnson and swing king Ben Hilfenhaus appear to be over the line while captain Ricky Ponting is a well documented fan of Peter Siddle.
Which leaves Bollinger as the odd man out.
"Of course it would faze me (if not picked)," Bollinger said.
"It's the Ashes, mate.
"But there's not too much I can do about it.
"If I don't get a game I will do what I have to do to get back."
It was seen as an ominous sign that Siddle - returning from a lengthy stint nursing back stress fractures - was rested from Victoria's last Sheffield Shield clash.
It was insinuated that it was to ensure he was fresh for a Gabba assault against England.
Bollinger played the last Shield clash for NSW and bowled only a total of 22.5 overs for the match.
He took 3 for 25 off 11 in the first innings, but managed just 0 for 41 off 11.5 in the second - as well as conceding the winning runs in Tasmania's dramatic one wicket victory.
But Bollinger was ensuring fitness was not an excuse ahead of the Ashes Test.
"It's not as though I am unfit or anything," he said.
"I have been working hard with the NSW fitness coach and trainers.
"I have done all I can do."
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AAP
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