Waca fear factor is an Australian mythGETTY IMAGES The Waca may be the ground where Joe Root and the English batsmen have the best chance of getting on top of the Australian bowlers. So much of the aura that surrounds the Waca relates to how it once was, not what it now is. The upshot is that the pitch has become more placid and less quick - and, when you disentangle truth from myth, essentially just another Australian cricket wicket. Over the past 10 seasons, the second-innings average at the Waca is the highest of any Australian ground. If England are to avoid saying adieu to the Waca with an eighth straight defeat there, they must play the pitch, not the myth.

Source: Stuff December 12, 2017 00:33 UTC