From bit-part player to Ashes winner and now the mainstay of England's World Cup seam attack, Tim Bresnan has enjoyed an impressive few months in international cricket.
But the one thing the Yorkshire all-rounder has never lacked is self-belief.
It was on show again during England's thrilling World Cup tie with India when Bresnan removed the dangerous Virender Sehwag and cleaned up the tail to finish with career-best figures of five for 48.
In doing so he prevented the co-hosts, who made 338, finishing with a score of more than 350.
With James Anderson struggling, the Lancashire swing bowler's 9.5 overs against India cost 91 runs, and Stuart Broad missing Sunday's match through illness, England badly needed Bresnan to deliver with the ball.
But as he told reporters at the Chinnaswamy Stadium, where England return to play Ireland on Wednesday, it was all just a matter of time.
"As I said 18 months ago, who knows where I can be when I've reached a level I'm happy with?"
"Experience, hard work, any of those things," he replied when asked for a reason for the surge in form that started when he was drafted into England's side for the fourth Test against Australia in Melbourne.
In that match he helped restrict Australia to just 98 in their first innings and took 4-50 in the second as the visitors retained the Ashes.
"I think I'm still improving as a cricketer and as a bowler and certainly still as a batter," Bresnan said.
Bresnan is quicker than he looks and for all his trademark Yorkshire bluster, the seamer, who turned 26 on Monday, is a thoughtful bowler.
Asked what his gameplan had been against India, he jokingly replied: "I tried to get lots of wickets."
"It wasn't swinging a great deal up top and it's not really moving off the seam, so it's quite difficult to take wickets without using variations," he said.
"So you have to try to mix it up as much as you can and create pressure and take wickets that way," he added.
"Basically you've just got to work out the conditions, what the pitch is doing. Is it slow, quick, can you get away with bowling short?" he said.
"The powerplay's a lot more difficult than at the death, because you can only have three fielders outside the circle."
"It's a nightmare but it can be attacking as well, it just depends who you've got batting and what you are trying to achieve."
