Australia captain Ricky Ponting wants Test pitches around the country to regain their unique characteristics for the Ashes series.
Australia's top cricket curators met at Hobart's Bellerive Oval yesterday, and Western Australian Cricket Association curator Cameron Sutherland said Ponting had spoken to him and his colleagues in February.
"(The Australians) want to know what each characteristic is so they can pick a squad and arrive at the ground and it (the pitch) is basically what they expect it to be," Sutherland said.
The WACA Ground pitch is causing most concern.
Fast bowling legend Dennis Lillee criticised it last season for not having its usual bounce and pace.
Sutherland said the matter was being addressed, but it would not be at its fearsome best for this series.
"The clay percentage has dropped probably 20 per cent from its heyday," he said.
"That has been replaced with sand and makes for a wicket more like the eastern states. It is still going to be a pretty good wicket in terms of pace and bounce, but it is still not going to be like it was 20 years ago when Lillee and (Jeff) Thomson were steaming in."
Gabba curator Kevin Mitchell said his pitch was vying with that in Perth as being the fastest in Australia.
"We are up there for pace for sure," Mitchell said.
"We have a pacy deck, but bounce is hard to compare."
While the Australians had asked for the best possible pitches, there were no requests for an unfair advantage.
"We are lucky in Australia to have the support of Cricket Australia and all the teams," Mitchell said.
"We are so lucky we don't have the pressures other countries do."
- BRETT STUBBS