South Australian paceman Joe Mennie said he is pleased with how his short career has panned out so far, but admits there is a lot of hard work to come.
Mennie, 23, finished the first innings of the Redbacks' Sheffield Shield clash against Victoria at the MCG with figures of 5-43 - the second five-wicket haul of his brief first-class career.
He also claimed 7-96 against Western Australia in Perth in December last year.
Mennie said he was now looking forward to the challenge of cementing his place in the state side.
"It's pretty exciting and I'm pretty happy with that to start my career," Mennie said.
"So hopefully I can keep doing what I'm doing and put the balls in the right areas and get some more wickets."
The 23-year-old transferred to the Redbacks, after realising his opportunities might be limited in his home state of New South Wales.
The seamer said his side was content with their bowling performance, despite allowing Victoria to reach 220 after having them under the pump at 7-118.
"It would've been nice to wrap it up under 150, but they got a couple of good partnerships going, so credit to them," he said.
"We probably would've batted first ourselves, but we always thought it would've been a new ball wicket."
"Overall it was a great day, you'd love to bowl any side out for 220."
But he was quick to divert attention away from his own performance, and instead heap praise on his team-mates.
"It was great today that I was able to get the wickets, from my point of view, but I thought today the bowling unit bowled well together," he said.
South Australia's first innings began woefully, sitting on 4-81 at stumps and trailing Victoria by 139 runs.
Much of the focus, now, will centre on Redbacks batsman Tom Cooper (12 not out) whose innings could determine the outcome of the match.
"(Cooper's) had an outstanding season, and every time we seem to be in trouble he seems to come to the front to help us out," he said.
Mennie said placing an emphasis on achieving short-term goals would only benefit his state as the game progresses.
"It would be nice to pass their first innings and get the two points, and then get as many runs as possible and see what happens," he said.