Head coach Justin Langer reckons a flat and dry Lord's surface awaits his Australian team and hosts England for the second Ashes Test, beginning Wednesday (August 14). 

The Aussies, with a very fine record at the marquee venue, had a very good optional training session on Sunday and Langer said his troops are ready for any kind of surface that's offered. 

"The wicket is really interesting, it looks like it's going to be a really flat wicket to me. It's quite dry though. It's not a surprise... the wicket is the last thing you look at when you come to Lord's," the former Test opener was quoted as saying by Cricbuzz. 

"Most grounds it's the first thing to look at but here, there's so much else to admire and love about being here. But whether it's a green-top or a dry wicket, we have really good options and that's nice as a coach and selector."

If the surface does play out how Langer expects it to, Australia could once again adjust its pace attack and have it operate around off-spinner Nathan Lyon. 

"Whoever misses out it's going to be tough. The one who will be twelfth man it will be even tougher, whether that be Sidds (Siddle) or Josh (Hazlewood) or James Pattinson, whether it's Starcy (Mitchell Starc) or Pat Cummins, they are all very, very good bowlers," the coach added. 

Australia gained a few more positives from its drawn tour game against Worcestershire last week. 

"Travis Head played well. He has a huge future. He's very coachable, he's got better every time he plays. Josh Hazlewood bowled very economically. He got some wickets which was good for his confidence, Starcy does what he does best, he shook up the tail. He took a couple of wickets really swinging them back, an LBW early."

"It was good to see Mitch Marsh spend a bit of time in the middle if we need an all-rounder, he bowled a few overs as well. Uzzie got some time in the middle. There were some good things to come out of Worcester."

Given his record with injuries, focus will also be on Pat Cummins, whether he is able to stay fit for the whole five-Test series. 

The pace spearhead had a match-haul of 7/116 in the win at Edgbaston. 

"In theory, you would like him (Cummins) to play all five Tests. Those back-to-back Test matches depends a lot on how much he bowls. He bowled the most overs in the first Test, but depends on how the game goes and how many overs he bowls," Langer said. 

"On how much batting there is in between, whether we've bowled last or we've bowled in the third innings of the game. All those things will come into it."

"You'd like him to play all five but I am not sure it's humanly possible. He's the No 1 bowler in the world. You also have Josh Hazlewood who has played 40-odd Tests and is a gun and Mitch Starc who took 10 wickets in his last Test match. And he's played 40-odd Tests as well."

(Inputs from Cricbuzz)