Joe Burns has no idea where he sits in the Test pecking order but knows there's only one way to move up: score more runs.
The 28-year-old is one of a number of Australian cricketers hoping to impress national selectors with big performances in the opening rounds of the Sheffield Shield season.
Burns will open the batting for Queensland alongside the man who replaced him in the Test side, Matt Renshaw, in the pink-ball clash with Victoria starting on Thursday at the Gabba.
It's a good way to begin the season for Burns - he hit 129 in the last day-night Shield clash in Brisbane this time last year.
He hopes another performance like that will serve as a timely reminder of what he can do ahead of next month's first Ashes Test at the same venue.
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Asked how he viewed his chances of a recall, Burns told AAP: "I'm not too sure, to be honest."
"For my point of view, I've got the benefit of having success at international level and, for me, that gives me a lot of confidence.
"I've just got to be making runs and opening the batting for Queensland at the Gabba. It's a pretty challenging spot in first-class cricket.
"The Gabba does probably the most with the new ball out of all the venues so, if you can make runs there, you can bat anywhere in the order, anywhere in Australia."
Burns made his Test debut at No.6 but has three centuries to his name as an opener.
An opportunity in either role could open up for him in the near future, with the middle-order spot up for grabs amid murmurs Renshaw's position is also not guaranteed.
Incumbent Test batsmen Glenn Maxwell and Peter Handscomb will line up for Victoria, while there will be a new man behind the wickets for Queensland in Jimmy Peirson.
The 25-year-old has played five first-class matches but gets his chance to install himself as the state's No.1 wicketkeeper after the retirement of domestic veteran Chris Hartley.
"I guess now's the time for Jimmy," Burns said.
"You don't want to put too much pressure on him - you want him to go out and make the role his own.
"He's coming into a really good age as well to really put those consistent performances on the board, which I'm sure he will."
