'Angus Fraser has been a very big help' - Steven Finn

Steven Finn has drawn a lot of attention with his prodigious pace and bounce, but the 21 year-old seamer idolises bowlers of a different ilk, who made their mark with accuracy and persistence.

"I have my idols, people like Glenn McGrath who was a fantastic bowler, best bowler in my opinion who has ever played the game," Finn told reporters at Lord's. "It would be nice to play in the sort of environment he was playing in a few years ago and see how I can do."

While he watched McGrath from afar, he learnt the ropes from another equally worthy proponent of seam and swing. Finn is filled with gratitude for the role Angus Fraser has played in his development.

"Angus Fraser who has been a very big help, is a great believer in just bowling, bowling and bowling. That will get you fit and that will teach you how to bowl. I believe in that too. "At the moment I am still learning about my game. I've spoken a lot to to Gus about this. I don't want to be like anyone else, I want to be Steven Finn," he said.

The 6' 7" fast bowler, who made a surprise debut during the Bangladesh tour earlier this year, is already developing the sort of miserliness that defined his heroes in their pomp.

"Gus has brought discipline, an analytical approach to the way I bowl. There's a lot more thought process that goes in to what I do, the working out of batsmen, the way it really hurts me when I give away runs.

"I hate it, just as much as Gus did. He would stand there swearing, punching himself. He's helped bring in to my game a lot more discipline and I think that's important I carry that into any sort of cricket I play," Finn said.

While early signs suggest that Finn has the pace to hustle top-notch batsmen, the bowler himself is not getting carried away. "It would be nice to have a lot of pace and be able to control it. That's the ideal fast bowler. At the moment, I am somewhere in between the two. By no means am I the finished article," he said.

Despite the prospects of featuring in the Ashes defence later in the year, Finn is firmly grounded in the present and wants to enjoy the moment. "I wasn't expecting this 18 months ago or even six months ago. I wasn't expecting an international debut in 2010, I just take each game as it comes. That's all I can do and I think it will stand me in good stead," he said.