PERTH (Reuters) - Australia cannot afford to consider anything else victory in the third test in Perth with a likely to produce a result that could seal ash meadows window out of the hosts, Captain Ricky Ponting said Wednesday.
Australia trail series of five-test 1-0 after suffering a crash of the English channel and the loss of 71 - run in Adelaide.
A victory for England in the third test, starting Thursday would hand visitors their first triumph of ash on Australian soil in 24 years and condemn Ponting to become the first Australian operator in more than 120 years of losing ash three times.
"Research at the window you might think that it will be."
result in this game, then obviously must be a positive for us or his game, set and match, Ponting told journalists after the WACA ground training.
"We are going to apply ourselves our best game, our best game so far in the series, and we know that we need to do so by a long way if we want to win the game."
"I'm fairly confident with the Group of players we have together and how we have trained in these last days we can do for the next five days."
While there was some terrain will prove pivotal in the series, the conditions were requires selectors to cover their Paris play a saucepan or bring a four pronged pace attack.
"It is not thick coarse grasses which was on the counter within the past two years, is a kind of fine, kind of leaves of grass." When you have machines like ball has a tendency to ignore the wide grass a little more, rather than to keep... much.
"With a little grass on the window, there is every chance the balloon will remain most recent longer that it is probably in most other places as well so you might think that will sway a little more", he added.
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The Australia selectors have shaken up part fall in Adelaide, dropping Marcus North to test both the all round Steven Smith and recalling dropped rhythm duo Ben Hilfenhaus and Mitchell Johnson at the expense of Doug Bollinger in a 12 - man squad.
Phillip Hughes has intimidated out of the Australian side by seamers England of the series lost last year, will replace the injured Simon Katich opener.
Non-experienced left arm spinner Michael Beer was the largest selection of shock in the squad, beating Nathan Hauritz as a candidate to operate turn a field to the end of the test.
Experts and former players have raged against the selectors and performance of the team, but Ponting says that England had their own headaches.
England lost Stuart Broad wound to the abdomen after Adelaide, while his colleague paceman James Anderson had its short cut preparations to attend the birth of her child.
"We have all made these flights in the past and it takes a few days to get their but we'll see how (Anderson) delivers," said Ponting, who was aware of appalling record England traditionally rapid terrain at the WACA.
"I sincerely believe that pitch here conditions are as foreign to English players like probably nowhere else in the world, and I hope that we can exploit this week."
Ponting will transform 36 Sunday, on the fourth day of the trial and has endured mounting speculation on his captaincy.
While he said that he had not given any thought to the issue of the captaincy conceded that result in Perth could take the issue of his hands.
"I'll do my best to ensure that we are on a winning end this week, I'll do my best to ensure I note runs and leave the team in the best possible way and then the power is going to take this decision after the series or after the test match.
(Editing by Peter Rutherford)
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