Australian captain Pat Cummins holds no regrets over his late declaration on day four after England toughed out a gripping draw in the fourth Ashes Test.
Cummins' decision to hold on until his side were 388 runs ahead on the penultimate day of the SCG Test before sending England back in has come under the microscope after the visitors survived a chaotic final hour to secure a last gasp draw on day five.
Many watched on in awe as Usman Khawaja, who went on to score his second century of the match, and Cameron Green continued to turn the screws on Saturday afternoon and put any hopes of victory for England beyond reach.
Only now the question has become about whether it was necessary.
Declaring on 8-416 after England finally broke the Khawaja-Green partnership before then dismissing Alex Carey for a duck, Cummins gave his bowling attack 11 overs, the last of which the players had to sprint to get through, before stumps.
Zak Crawley and Haseeb Hameed steered their way to 30 runs unscathed, which meant Cummins' men had a day's play to capture all of England's ten wickets to claim victory.
Ultimately, they fell agonisingly short, with England's final wicket pairing of James Anderson and Stuart Broad clinging on for dear life in the final two overs of the Test match to secure the drawn result.
Explaining his thinking over the decision to declare when he did on day four, Cummins said he felt the 388 run target would tempt England into chasing their first victory of the series, thereby helping Australia's search for quickfire wickets.
"I wanted (to set England) about three and a half an over," Cummins said regarding the decision to set a 388-run target for England on the final day.
"I thought 110 or so overs at that rate still gave them a bit of a cherry (to chase) if a couple of batters got in.
"I thought the wicket was not playing too many tricks, and I thought if they batted really well then 350 was pretty achievable out there so I wanted to give us enough time (to bowl them out).
"And having the luxury after the way Greeny (Cameron Green) and Usman (Khawaja) batted to have enough runs in the bank that we could effectively attack for those whole 110 overs."
In the end, as much as 12 overs were lost due to rain during the final day's lunch break, which made Australia's task even harder as they were forced to only bowl spin for the final six or so overs due to limited light.
It meant Steve Smith and Nathan Lyon shared the finals overs of the day searching for the winning dismissal.
"I would like to have bowled Scott (Boland) but I think it was probably the right decision to be fair, it was pretty dark out there," Cummins added.
"I think the weather played a bit of a part in this game, and we've basically just learned that we can't predict it at all."
It marked the fifth draw in eight Sydney Test matches, as well as the third time in six Tests Australia has failed to bowl out the opposition on day five. While it also means Australia will miss out on being just the fifth Ashes side to claim a series whitewash.
Despite that Cummins says he wouldn't have changed anything about his decision-making on days four and five, adding he "loved" the drama and pressure that came with the final stages of the Test.
"Having a lot of runs on the board meant we could get pretty creative, and I always felt like we were looking for wickets as opposed to trying to save a match or anything like that," Cummins said.
"I feel like I was able to make quite a few calls – some came off, and some didn't.
"It was a lot of fun, the last hour or two you're normally setting a field to try and take wickets but also stop runs.
"This was purely where do we think a catch might go.
"I loved it."