To rectify their lack of LBW success, Australia's quicks look set to take aim at Sri Lanka's heads before setting their sights on the stumps in this week's first Test in Brisbane.
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Captain Tim Paine hinted Australia was set to unleash a bouncer barrage on a lively Gabba deck in the two-Test series opener starting on Thursday to correct a worrying stat for their speedsters.
Australia's attack have come under fire from the likes of former fast bowling great Jeff Thomson after they did not earn one LBW decision in their 2-1 Test series loss to India.
While Paine admitted his quicks needed to be more accurate at the stumps, he believed a bit of chin music beforehand may be required to successfully spring an LBW trap against Sri Lanka in Brisbane.
"Clearly we need to be hitting the stumps a little bit more than we were - there's no doubt about that and that's been spoken about," Paine said.
"(But) we also felt we didn't use our bouncer as much as we would have liked in that series.
"Sometimes when you're using your bouncer a couple of times an over, when you do pitch up it's a bit more effective.
"The majority of the time we would like to be hitting the top of the stumps a bit more but there is also a way of setting that up."
Paine didn't think the Australian quicks would gain much from looking back at their plans against an in-form India.
"I thought India batted really well," he said.
"Subcontinent players at times when the wickets are good, like the ball being bowled at the stumps and they don't miss too many when they're in form."
Paine instead believed his attack would gain more from looking at what the Cricket Australia XI bowlers did against Sri Lanka on a much slower Hobart deck at their recent drawn tour match.
"I thought the way that the CA XI played against them was a great blueprint for us to follow to beat Sri Lanka," he said.
"They were really disciplined with the ball.
"We think we have some areas in which we think we can attack (Sri Lanka)."
Australian Associated Press