WACA rolls out fast turf

India are likely to be up against a four-pronged Australian pace attack in the third Test at Perth8217;s WACA ground, which has returned to being the fastest pitch in the world. 8220;From what we have seen so far and the reports from curator Cam Sutherland, it is certainly getting back towards what it used to be like,8221; fast bowling legend Dennis Lillee, also the WACA president, said.

Perth was the scene of Australia8217;s most recent draw, in December 2005, on a low, slow pitch that moved former swing bowler Terry Alderman to call for authorities to 8220;dig the thing up8221;.

Though the Test pitch is not one of the four that have been re-laid, it has been revitalised with some of the original soil more conducive to the pace and bounce of the 1970s and 8216;80s.