New Zealand bowlers, led by pacer Neil Wagner, could test the resolve of Aussie batsmen during the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne with a bouncer barrage reminding people of the bodyline tactics used by England under D.R Jardine's leadership against Australia in the 1932 Ashes in UK. 

But the home team isn't going to be caught off guard having experienced that first up in the Perth Test which they dominated towards a win. Also, the Aussies believe it wouldn't be prudent for the visitors to predominantly bowl just the short balls especially on an MCG surface where some life is expected for the pacers after its widely criticised nature in the last two-three years. 

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"If they're talking about it being a green wicket and they bowl short, then you are probably wasting it aren't you?" cricket.com.au quoted opener David Warner as saying before the Test. 

"For us it's just another game and if Wags (Kiwi paceman Neil Wagner) does what he does normally, then we just have to play it accordingly."

Wagner bowls those uncomfortable lengths for batsmen, setting them up with one short-ball after another and taking wickets unconventionally with the old nut.

"For us it's usually ducking a ball at 150km/h. It is a little bit awkward with the height he (Wagner) comes from," Warner said. "It's at a pace where you think you genuinely can play at it, then you've got enough time to get out of the way."

"With the field they set, you can play the percentages. It's very difficult to try and score. You can score if it's in the right line." 

"From a left-hander's point of view coming around the wicket, you've got so many catchers but you've got no power to get onto the ball from this sort of angle," he added. 

"It's just a matter of biding your time and if one comes off your hip you can try and rotate it. You've got to have in the back of your mind what the game plan is."

(Inputs from cricket.com.au)