That time certainly is now for the 30-year-old, who has been used more as a power play bowling weapon since joining Hobart Hurricanes from Melbourne Stars. Heading into Wednesday night's clash between the Heat and the Strikers he was the competition's "golden arm" as its leading wicket taker with eight wickets at 13.50 for the ladder-leaders.

While Faulkner admitted the colour of the cap on his head isn't as important as team success, there was a feeling of comfort about his own output with the ball so far in BBL10 for the man of the match in the 2015 50-over World Cup final, whose career has been blighted by injury since that point.

"Since I moved to Hobart and with my injuries I've had to adapt my game as I obviously don't have the same amount of pace that I did five or six years ago with the state of my knees, so I had to think outside the square and for me it was a different role which is trying to swing the ball up the top,'' the former Launceston all-rounder said.

"It probably took me 12 months to get some confidence with it because it was foreign to me as it is a very different technique and alignment and I had to build up that confidence. But now it is second nature and I do really feel confident when I have ball in hand, but I know certain days won't go to plan and that is the nature of the beast in Twenty20 cricket.

"Any time that you change something with your technique, you can't just do it overnight, you have to do it on repeat flat out to gain that confidence to do it in a game. At the moment it is all going well and I just have to keep working hard and keep putting my plans on repeat so I can gain more and more confidence."

The Hurricanes, who won three of their four matches at home during the first stage of the state's BBL Hub, are in Queensland ahead of matches against the Brisbane Heat the Gabba on Sunday and Wednesday, where Faulkner will be up against the likes of Max Bryant and Chris Lynn.

A team with strong depth has the squad in a "pretty good place" according to Faulkner, aided by the bonus of having more international players in the squad this tournament and how much they can educate the group. Those two elements have been a contributing factors to the Hurricanes' good start at home.

But, as history has shown, Faulkner said making sure the group was "hitting our straps at the right end of the tournament" would be more important than a fast start.

The Hurricanes are set to have England's Dawid Malan, the world's number one T20 batsman, available for Sunday's clash with the Heat.