Captain Ricky Ponting admits Australia could play an all-seam frontline bowling attack in the third Ashes Test in Perth, starting on Thursday.
Trailing England 1-0 in the five-match series, the hosts must avoid defeat at the WACA to keep alive their hopes of regaining the urn.
Australia have named a 12-man squad with uncapped left-armer Michael Beer as the only specialist spin option.
The WACA pitch is expected to offer plenty of assistance for the quicks, meaning Beer, who has played just six first-class matches, may be overlooked in favour of four fast bowlers, supplemented by all-rounder Steven Smith's leg-spin.
"If it's (the pitch) going to be very favourable for the quicks, then you've got to think about it," Ponting told The Australian. "You're being negligent if you don't consider it.
"If you played four quicks and you win the toss and bat and they don't get a chance to bowl on it until halfway through the second day if you bat well, whatever life that was in the pitch is probably gone.
"You've still got to decide what is your best attack to take 20 wickets in the conditions.
"We've been saying that for weeks and haven't looked like it yet (bowling England out twice). Hopefully that comes this week."
After England's innings victory in Adelaide in the second Test, Ponting is drawing some comfort from the fact the tourists will be forced into making a change to their bowling attack.
Unsettling
Stuart Broad is out of the tour due to a torn abdominal muscle and his new-ball partner James Anderson's preparation for Perth has been disrupted by a flying visit back to England to witness the birth of his second child.
"Their other opening bowler, James Anderson, has had an interrupted preparation having flown home to England for the birth of his second child and then back again in the space of a few days. That's got to be unsettling for him and the team," suggested the Tasmanian.
"Perth is somewhere we usually play well. Our record against England in particular is very good here.
"The overall theme for us this week is doing less talking and more with our actions.
"We've felt over the last couple of weeks we've almost overburdened the guys with the amount of talking we've done and how specific we've tried to be with tactics.
"When you want to win games of cricket, you need to play with freedom and play on instinct more than anything else."
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