Having not played a Test match for his country before his 35th birthday, Adam Voges heads to Bangladesh as the vice-captain of Australia and one of the senior players in the touring party.
An unbeaten century on debut against the West Indies secured his place in Australia's Ashes side and despite a tough tour, Voges retained his place and will take on the vice-captain role in the absence of David Warner.
Coming up to the age of 36, it has been a remarkable turnaround for the former Nottinghamshire man, one he can't quite believe.
"It's been incredible really," he said. "To think back to six months ago, I hadn't played any Test matches, now I've played seven and been part of an Ashes series and I'm getting an opportunity to vice-captain Australia, which I see as a huge honour.
"I understand it's just a temporary role for this tour, but I'm rapt to get that appointment and I'm certainly looking forward to it.
"It's a new group. We've had a lot of great players retire from the team. It's a transitional phase. It will be Steve's first tour as captain, so I see my role as helping him out as much as I can.
"If he wants to, he can bounce ideas off me, or I can throw my own ideas to him, but I just want to give him all the support that he needs. I think it's as simple as that. Hopefully I can score a lot of runs while I'm there as well, and provide support for him."
Having been part of Chris Rogers' final tour, in which the opener was named as Australia's Player of the Series, Voges is driven by a desire to emulate his former teammates' acheivements.
"I'd love to be able to do that," Voges said. "I've watched Buck's career over the last couple of years and he managed to go out on top of his game at the end of the Ashes. If I could emulate something like that, that would be ideal.
"The fact that I've been picked after a pretty average Ashes series shows that the selectors have shown a bit of faith with me, and I'm looking forward to repaying that.
"At the end of the day it will come down to runs scored and how I perform. But if I can get a chance to do that through this summer, it's something that I'm certainly looking forward to.
"I don't think anyone is underestimating them (Bangladesh). We've seen their results in the last little while and they're certainly on the improve. Beating anyone in their own backyard is hard.
"They've played some excellent cricket against teams like South Africa. We know we'll be in for a tough series."
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