Stuart Broad hailed Travis Head's match-winning destruction in Perth as "one of the greatest Ashes knocks" he'd ever seen, Adam Gilchrist declared it topped his famous 57-ball ton against England in the same city, and many have said tongue-in-cheek that Australia's answer to "Bazball" is "Travball".
Yet Head's pulverising 123-run knock at the top of the order in the first Ashes Test would never have happened had Australia's brains trust followed through with the seriously considered option of opening the batting with Nathan Lyon.
It's surfaced in the wake of Australia's eight-wicket win that Andrew McDonald, Steve Smith and company were genuinely weighing up whether to send Lyon out to bat with Jake Weatherald in the fourth innings in the absence of Usman Khawaja, who was getting treated for his back spasms.
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It sounds ridiculous that Lyon, who on many occasions has been used as a nightwatchman, was an option to open given night was nowhere in sight when Australia began its pursuit of 205 runs for victory on Saturday.
But as Marnus Labuschagne explained, the thinking was Lyon could soften up the ball and make it easier for the recognised batters to knock off the runs required.
"There was just a conversation between Andrew, Steve, Dan [Vettori] and I think Cummo [Pat Cummins] was there as well, and Heady, and I sort of came in as well because I thought it might be me [who would open]. They were throwing out the options," Labuschagne told cricket.com.au.
"Heady wanted it from out there. He said, 'Just throw me up there, if it comes off, great'.
"I think the other option maybe was going to be Nathan Lyon to try and go a bit old-school on it and see if we can get the ball soft and then capitalise at the back end.
"But, goodness me, lucky we went with that because we got to see something pretty special."
Labuschagne had the prime vantage point, watching on from the non-striker's end as Head bludgeoned the second-fastest century in Ashes history behind the 57-ball ton scored by Gilchrist at the WACA in the 2006-07 series.
Pulling out shots inspired by baseball and tennis, Head smashed 16 fours and four sixes as Australia hurtled through the chase in just 28.2 overs.
A shellshocked Ben Stokes said after play that he was still in a "wow phase".
Smith recalled the moment Head took charge in the dressing room.
"Heady was like, 'I'll do it. I should do it'," Smith said after play.
"And I was like, 'Go for it'."
Speaking on Fox Cricket, Cummins said: "Trav ran off [the field and into the dressing room] and he was keen to give it a crack."
Head had opened in Test cricket previously, but never in Australia.
The aggressive left-hander opened in India in 2023 and in Sri Lanka early this year.
Australian cricket hasn't had an attack dog opener in the mould of Warner since the New South Welshman finished up in January 2024, but Head's annihilation of England in Perth could entice selectors into sticking with him at the top for the Brisbane Test and beyond.
Interestingly, Warner told The Age after the Perth Test that he and Head had discussed the possibility of the South Australian inheriting Warner's role as far back as 2022.
"He definitely did think about it and I definitely do think he can do it," Warner told The Age.
"The thing is in Australian cricket is we haven't really had an opener to cement that position.
"I think he could do that job, and we've seen first hand here what he can do.
"Is he going to be consistent? I think he can be. It's the match-winning performances that are the ones you've got to look at.
"Then it's upon the selectors to have the confidence to stick with him and do that."
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