Get it right from start: Cameron White
Cameron White believes his Australian Twenty20 charges will need to be on the money right from the start of their series opener against Sri Lanka on Saturday.
With just the two T20 matches to be played against the hosts, there's no room for error going into the first match at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium.
"It's a small series and I guess it's like in the actual game itself, you don't have a lot of time to think," White said on Friday.
"It's about getting off to a good start and hopefully we can carry that momentum through the two games."
White believes the Australians will have two things working in their favour at the venue, which is hosting its first T20 international after being opened in late 2009.
First is the absence of Sri Lanka's key paceman Lasith Malinga, who will miss both T20s with a back complaint and could be in doubt for the five one-day matches that follow as well.
The second is a pitch that White believes will offer plenty of bounce and pace, conditions Australia are far more used to than traditional sub-continental tracks.
"Obviously we saw it yesterday and it looked like it had a fair bit of grass and going by the practice wickets on the side, they had a bit of pace and bounce," White said.
"I'm not sure I'm expecting all that grass to be there tomorrow but we'll wait and see, it looks to be a fantastic wicket.
"I think we'll get a real good indication of how the ground's going to be once we get to the ground tomorrow."
White said Australia's starting XI was all but decided but wouldn't be revealed until Saturday's toss.
The Australians completed their preparations for the match with an afternoon training session at Pallekele, while Sri Lanka are poised to hold another evening session under lights.
Batsman Aaron Finch however doesn't believe there will be much advantage gained by the hosts by training in match-like conditions under lights.
"We haven't seen the lights in action but the guys play in that many different locations around the world now, different grounds, that I think you can adapt to it pretty quickly," Finch told AAP.
"Being in the subcontinent, most guys have played in the IPL, we're travelling and playing day-after-day, so most guys have experienced different grounds and I think you get accustomed to it quite quickly."
Saturday's match starts at 7pm local time (2330 AEST) with the second and final game to be played at the same ground on Monday.
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