Mitchell Starc might have been hauled over the coals for his brain snap, but Australia still want their fast bowling cartel to ram home the fear factor for the battling Black Caps on the WACA starting on Friday. 
Not one New Zealand player has experienced the ordeal of a Test match on the sizzling Perth surface, and coach Darren Lehmann has urged his troops to use their pace advantage to bully the Kiwi batsmen on a wicket he predicts will resemble the WACA of old.
Starc was given a dressing down by captain Steve Smith for pelting a ball in the direction of a defenceless Mark Craig at the Gabba, but rather than tone down his aggression, the left-arm spearhead will be asked to channel it through his bowling.
Brendon McCullum, Tom Latham and particularly Ross Taylor were all exposed by quality express bowling in Brisbane, and can expect things to be cranked up a notch in Perth as the Aussies look to wrap up the trans-Tasman series in straight sets.
Lehmann said the Black Caps had every reason to be afraid.
"If our blokes get it right, they can be (intimidated), yeah," said Lehmann. "It was a really good wicket last year. It had some pace and bounce in it, so it's certainly getting back to the old WACA which is what everyone wants to see. That's going to be exciting, seeing all the quicks go at it. They've (the Black Caps) got some quality swing bowlers so it's going to be challenging." Lehmann praised the initiative of his Smith to publicly rebuke Starc for his ill-disciplined and unsportsmanlike actions in Brisbane. The coach was comfortable the skipper had taken care of the matter and said he wouldn't separately take Starc aside - just urging the young bowler to find "a happy medium" with his temper. "I'm very happy with the captain the way he handled that," Lehmann said. "He's had a chat with him and that's done and dusted from where I sit." Lehmann says Smith hasn't fully stamped his authority as a captain yet but is pleased the 26-year-old is already cutting his own figure as the head of Australian cricket.
"I think that will happen over time more so," said Lehmann. "The way he goes about it is different, but every captain is different and every coach is different.
"For him, I'm really impressed with the way he's been going about it, full stop. (Strength) is what you want from all your captains. Michael (Clarke) was the same, and Ricky (Ponting) was the same, (Mark) Taylor - all of them jump on things that they think are important to their side and we fully support that." This WACA Test takes on extra significance this year with its modern-day king Mitchell Johnson nearing the end of his brilliant career, and the fact Perth will have another multi-purpose cricket facility to host major Test matches by 2017-18.