Andrew Symonds makes his much-anticipated return for Australia on Friday night confident his relationship with his team-mates is still sound following his banishment from the team in August.
The Queensland all-rounder has not played for his country since being suspended for the opening game of the one-day series against Bangladesh in Darwin after he elected to go fishing instead of attending a team meeting on the eve of the game.
But despite moderate form for his state so far in the domestic season, Symonds will play for Australia in Friday night's Twenty20 match against an All-Star XI at the Gabba.
Symonds said he is confident he will be welcomed back into the fold by his former team-mates after having undergone counselling since his latest lapse in discipline in Darwin.
"I made a mistake and I admitted that," he said on Monday, following his recall.
"I have done a number of things to not allow things like that happen again and become a better person and I am not going in (to Friday's game) thinking like I have to give something back to them (his Australian team-mates) but I will go in there and make a go of my opportunity."
"I don't think I destroyed the relationship (with his team-mates), it was a mistake I made and I think they realise that."
However Symonds, who was also suspended after turning up drunk to a one-day game against Bangladesh during the 2005 Ashes Tour, admits he is on his last chance this time.
"I would have thought so," he said.
"If I make another mistake it is not going to be a pretty ending and I realise that."
"I have got to be careful and at the same time still got to be the player and person that I am to play my best cricket."
The 33-year-old veteran of 22 Tests and 193 one-day internationals says he now realises there is more to playing for Australia than just performing out on the field.
"The thing that I looked at (since being suspended in Darwin) is what comes with playing cricket for Australia," he said.
"It's not just out in the middle, there are so many other things you have to do to be an Australian cricketer and that is what I have been thinking about."
"(But) I have made that decision now (to continue striving to play for Australia) and I am committed to giving it to my all."