Warner prepared to put his ego away

David Warner's domination of Black Caps quick Trent Boult has helped put Australia in a commanding position in this trans-Tasman series, however the opening batsman knows he'll have more than one man to worry about in Adelaide when the unique challenges of a day-night Test match present themselves.

Warner, who today overcame a knock on his damaged left thumb during fielding practice to have a solid hit-out in the nets, has been ruthless against an under-par Boult in Brisbane and Perth, plundering a staggering 144 runs from just 141 deliveries he's faced from the paceman.

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And while the Black Caps left-armer earned the prized scalp of the Australia vice-captain twice in the second Test, his probing best has only been on display in glimpses during the series.

Boult is also suffering from a nagging back problem that has put his participation in the third Test under a cloud, with a net session on Wednesday set to determine his fate.

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"The way he's bowled has been a little bit far from his best," Warner said.

"I can see that as a batsman. The way he bowled to me in that second day (in Perth, when he dismissed Warner) was the Trent Boult that I see as an international cricket player.

"He put the ball in the right areas, questioned me the whole time, then nicked me off.

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"I've got to work out how can I not allow him to do that again.

"I'm pretty sure he's thinking, 'How do I get certain players out?', and my job is to negate that and try and take it to him.

"I've watched a lot of footage of Trent bowling to left-hand batters and I've worked out my way to try and tackle him, and try to not get out to him. I'll keep that to myself."

With the pink ball to be used under lights for the first time in Test cricket, Warner knows factors other than the form and fitness of Boult will come into play as Australia bid to wrap up the series; chiefly, the prospect of a greener wicket more suited to fast bowling than those on which the first two Tests have been played.

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"The last two wickets have been very batter friendly," Warner said of the flat decks that resulted in record-breaking bouts of run-scoring.

"It's going to be a different story playing here and I think you'll see the ball move around a bit off the wicket. 

"It did so during that (NSW v SA) Shield game, but it was a very good cricket wicket. 

"That's one thing; us as batters are going to have to take our ego out of it and say to ourselves, 'We've had two very good wickets, now it's about knuckling down and finding that respect again' because there is going to be the new-ball factor with this wicket, we know that.

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"I don't know what millimetres they're going to cut the grass to, but I'm pretty sure it's not going to be anything like the last two wickets. We've got to be prepared to see out that first session, work out if it's going to move off the wicket or swing, then go from there.”

Warner and his batting colleagues struggled in England against the swinging ball but the 29-year-old insists hard lessons were learned during that unsuccessful Ashes tour.

One of those was simply patience; being prepared to see off a quality spell of fast bowling and taking advantage of periods in which bowlers struggle with their lines or are doing less with the ball.

It was a major stumbling block for the Australians in England but an area they appear to have rectified against the Black Caps, as evidenced by the measured beginning made by Warner and Joe Burns in their century stand on the opening day of the series, in which 13 runs were scored from the opening eight overs before the proverbial floodgates opened.

The acid test however could well come in Adelaide, in conditions less welcoming to batsmen and more conducive to a swinging ball, as was the case in the UK.

"We know early on (New Zealand's) key is swing bowling and if it happens to be swinging around here you've got to see that spell of bowling out, like we have done in the last two Tests," Warner said.

"I think that's what we have done well as a top six batting unit; we've put on the runs that we have, we've actually been able to see through that spell and wait for the bad balls.

"Something Steve wanted us to do as a top six unit was score all the runs, and at the moment we've been doing that.

"A lot of that has to do with the way we played in England as well. 

"It helped us a lot to come into these conditions when the ball is not swinging as much and we've seen the balls have been going out of shape a little bit, so there hasn't been a consistent amount of swing. The fast bowlers wouldn't like that, but as batters we love that. 

"We've got to keep trying to score the bulk of the runs and see out that first session."