Australian captain Tim Paine said Wednesday that Sri Lanka should prepare themselves for a bouncer barrage when the first day-night Test gets under way in Brisbane this week.
Paine said that Australia's much-vaunted pace attack hadn't used the bouncer effectively in their recent series loss to India.
The Australians went into the Test series against India boasting one of the most formidable pace attacks in world cricket -- but Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins were comprehensively outbowled by their Indian counterparts.
To make matters worse, the three pacemen failed to get a single lbw decision as India claimed a historic series win.
Paine said while praise should go to the Indian batsmen, his bowlers will be better prepared when the day-night Test against Sri Lanka begins Thursday.
"India batted really well," he conceded.
"Sub-continent players, when the wickets are good, like the ball being bowled at their stumps and they don't miss too many when they're in the form some of those guys were in."
"But I also felt we didn't use the bouncer as much in that series as we would have liked."
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