Fast forward to 2016, where injuries compounded by poor form has sidelined the enigmatic all-rounder. Incidentally, Faulkner has taken just 10 wickets and aggregated 64 runs since the 50-over World Cup. However, with Mitchell Marsh being rested for the limited-overs leg of the Sri Lanka tour, Faulkner has been provided with another opportunity to resurrect his career.
"I spent last month getting some strength back in my body so a little bit of a mixture of everything," Faulkner said on Sunday (August 21). "A bit of variation in my bowling, and I'm trying to hit a few different areas with my batting - more so against spin. This series hasn't started yet, but we'll see if it all pays off."
In this era of extensive video analysis, opposition teams decipher a bowler's variations quickly. Faulkner, who befuddled batsmen with his back of the hand slower one during the early part of his career, has found it difficult to disguise it well in recent times. He has also struggled to land in the big hits. On his part, the plucky all-rounder noted that he is trying to tinker his game to adapt to unfavourable climes of Sri Lanka.
"I think all the players that have been successful on the subcontinent, they all sweep," stated Faulkner. "So I'm trying to change things and see what I can and can't do. It obviously depends on the surface a lot as well, whether it's spinning big or - if it's a true surface - you probably won't sweep as much.
"For (bowling) it's about changing my pace and changing my lengths and making it hard to score depending on the dynamics of the ground. So we'll see on the (circumstances) of the game as well," he concluded.
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