Mitchell Starc described the feeling of seeing his hard work bear fruit at the Cricket World Cup as "phenomenal" after he was named player of the tournament.
The left-arm seamer has terrorised opponents throughout the World Cup, finishing with a tournament tally of 22 wickets at an average of 10.18 and an economy rate of 3.50 runs per over.
Starc played a pivotal role once again as Australia romped to a dominant seven-wicket victory over New Zealand at the MCG in Sunday's final.
The 25-year-old finished with figures of 2-20, including bowling New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum in just the fifth delivery of the match.
"It has been an amazing tournament," he said.
"There have been some outstanding performances. New Zealand have set the standard all tournament but we led it home.
"I've worked really hard for a number of months now, a few series ago we sat down and to see it come to fruition it's been phenomenal.
On his dismissal of McCullum he added: "It was a little lucky, it was a plan [Australia bowling coach] Craig [McDermott] and I had but to see it executed [was great]. Brendon's been fantastic all tournament.
"The fans have been fantastic, to win in front of this many people, there's nothing like it."