Can Australia bounce back in Perth?

Scyld Berry writes in the Sunday Telegraph that though England were dominant in Adelaide, they should be wary of Australia on the traditionally bouncy Perth surface.

The Western Australia Cricket Association ground – abbreviated, with a twang, to ‘the whacker’ – will have a pitch baked like bricks in an oven. Games there are no longer the bounce-fests they used to be, but the pitch for the opening tour game was still the liveliest England have played on so far, even if that is not saying much. It has the highest clay content of any Test pitch in the world; and it is not coincidental that England’s record there is their worst at any Test ground.

Vic Marks disagrees with that view in the Observer, writing that a supremely confident England should no longer view Perth as an Australian fortress.

But this time, England arrive in Perth as firm favourites, even among the majority of the Australian public. Andrew Strauss's side have been playing impeccable cricket. Since the third day in Brisbane, they have won just about every session of every day. In Adelaide, they produced one of the most flawless performances in recent history to win by an innings and 71 runs.