With the first Test of the series versus Pakistan set to be played on a pacy Gabba track, Steven Smith said that he will once again go through the rigour of intense net sessions at Allan Border Field in order to adjust to the extra bounce on offer.
"I'm feeling good," Smith said. "I probably just have to try and get used to the bounce of the wicket again at the Gabba. It's probably a little bit different to the last two Shield games I've played at Drummoyne and SCG, where they've been pretty benign wickets.
"I don't think I had a slip in basically for the whole time I batted at Drummoyne and the SCG. I just found it hard scoring.
There was no slip, there was a ring field, the square was pretty dead, and the wicket was pretty dead.
