Tight-lipped speedster Brett Lee was giving nothing away after the Australians finished their Monday morning training session ahead of this week's Gabba Test match in Brisbane.
Despite a constant barrage of questions, the NSW paceman was keeping quiet on the subject of his plans for the English top-order and whether Andrew Strauss and co. can expect a similarly high stream of short-pitched deliveries.
The Test selectors are in a quandary with Shane Watson's hamstring concern showing little sign of improvement in a net session today.
Batsman Michael Clarke has been chalked in as Watson's replacement meaning that if the Queenslander fails to recover in time, Australia will head into the opener with just four bowlers.
That might mean Stuart Clark gets the nod ahead of Shaun Tait and Mitchell Johnson although it almost certainly won't detract from the short stuff many are anticipating.
"We'll have to wait and see I think," Lee responded with a smile. "I'm not going to give too much away."
"We have got certain plans for certain batsman. Probably ones I can't discuss right now."
"There's nothing wrong with bowling the right line and length either," he also noted wryly.
Explosive middle-order warrior Kevin Pietersen is seen as Australia's number one target after looking less than comfortable so far this tour when hooking.
Pietersen, who made his Test debut in the last series at Lords and has since averaged close to 50 in 18 matches, will bat down at five this summer, a policy believed to help him avoid some of the more ferocious bowling.
But Lee was not being fooled into thinking the South African-born blaster was anything other than a possible match-winner for the English.
"He's definitely a key player, if not their key player," said Lee.
"(Andrew) Flintoff plays a major role as well and Alistair Cook looks like he's got the goods as well. (Ian) Bell's also coming off a hundred down in Adelaide."
"A lot of the guys now are really hitting their straps at the right time."
Lee would, though, admit that the team has never before been blessed with as much technological assistance and hence intelligence on the opposition.
"Each week I think we're getting better with the technology that we’ve got," he said. "And it's more readily available too."
"We've got footage of what happened in their recent series (against Sri Lanka and Pakistan) so it's a just matter of doing the homework."
- MARC FOX