SIX balls might have sealed Ryan Harris a place in the second Test.
Six screaming deliveries to Mike Hussey which proved Harris has the ball on a string.
They proved he's the man to torment England's left-handed openers Andrew Strauss and Alastair Cook and demanded his inclusion.
Just before 11am, Harris and Doug Bollinger were steaming in at Hussey during a net session.
Selectors Andrew Hilditch and Jamie Cox witnessed his amazing burst:
Ball 1: Hussey pushed forward, Harris got the ball to tail away. Big nick to third slip.
Ball 2: Hussey forward again, the ball on another perfect length, moving away, this catch to second slip.
Ball 3: Harris straightened his line. The ball started on middle stump but swung away. Hussey played and missed, beaten all ends up.
Ball 4: Another delivery pitching in what Damian Fleming would call the avenue of apprehension. Hussey shouldered arms. The ball missed the top of off stump by about a centimetre. Might have clipped a bail if there was one.
Ball 5: Harris lured Hussey into a drive but the ball veered enough to get a thick outside edge. Would have been gobled up by a gully.
Ball 6: Harris was grinning from ear to ear by now. He sent down another inch-perfect delivery. This one straightened and Hussey fluked an inside edge.
With Australia's Gabba pace trio, Mitchell Johnson, Ben Hilfenhaus and Peter Siddle, rested from bowling, it was left to their potential replacements to attack the suddenly in-form Hussey.
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