Australia must counter spin to remain on top Cricket Andrew Wu Man of the match Joe Burns.
Australia's batsmen exorcised their Ashes demons on the seam- friendly wickets of New Zealand to reclaim the No.1 Test ranking but face another Achilles heel if they are to stay there - spin on the subcontinent.Captain Steve Smith has laid the challenge to his batsmen to overcome Australia's poor record on the dusty tracks of Asia, after they completed a 2-0 series win against the Black Caps. 
The Australians have their eyes set on creating a dynasty but understand they cannot achieve that goal if they do not improve their record away from home.
The victorious campaign in New Zealand, Smith's first Test tour as captain, is a step in the right direction for a team that has not won a series on the subcontinent in 4 years. Australia's next series is in Sri Lanka in   July-  August. They won 1-0 in their last visit, in 2011, but have since lost all six Tests in Asia - and by considerable margins."We want to win every series that we play and winning away from home is a big goal of mine and the team," Smith said.
"We were able to adapt to these conditions really well and obviously our next Test tour of Sri Lanka will be completely different conditions, probably wickets that are going to take a bit of spin and a little bit of reverse swing again, so it is a different kind of adaptation and hopefully we can do that when we play that next Test tour."