But the prudent will argue the Mike Hesson-coached New Zealanders will benefit little from intensifying monotonous net sessions leading into the second ODI of the three-match Chappell-Hadlee Series, after having scraped home by six runs on Monday in Auckland.
A bit of superficiality, mingled with basic drills, can prove to be the ideal prescription for cricketers who will need to be in a decent mental space to wrest the silverware from the tourists.
The driveway bounce and carry on a sun-baked, mat-like wicket will be the test today amid all the talk about the dimensions of a field that is likely to bring different challenges from a claustrophobic Eden Park in Auckland.
With the emphasis on creating "fair wickets", in terms of batting and bowling, it boggles the mind what the expectations are from tweakers such as Mitchell Santner.
Bounce on the spin may become a little awkward for anyone unfamiliar with the characteristics but no bowler will get too carried away with that. Chris Gayle's over-the-stand and into-the-suburbia shots are a stark reminder of that.
"You have to adapt your game," Santner said in the media huddle. "Your length changes and you err on the fuller side to get hit straight rather than square."
The 24-year-old orthodox leftie's sobering and educated prognosis of what can easily become roadkill of bowlers is indicative of a strip that often promises purchase for the type of blistering pace the likes of Lockie Ferguson and Mitchell Starc are capable of generating.
Suffice it to say the Aussie batsmen should feel at home because the Waca (Perth) and the Gabba (Brisbane) are renowned for promoting pull, hook and cut shots because of such properties in the pitch.
"It's a bit daunting but I've played here a few times and there are smaller boundaries around New Zealand," Santner said.
Indeed, in a transparent global caste system cricket remains the domain of batsmen where bowlers are thrown into the den in the fashion of condemned prisoners masquerading as gladiators, akin to the Roman Empire, for the sheer enjoyment of the paying masses.
In some respects the blokes, who are there to entice bolshy batsmen into making mistakes because they can see deliveries after surviving several overs of assault and battery, must have a lethal addiction of sorts.
"As a spinner you kind of want them [batsmen] to go across the line. Hopefully there's a bit there for you and you get a top edge, or one to skid on for an lbw," said the Northern Districts Knight who has only delivered 90 balls in batting paradise.
It isn't unusual for tweakers to prevail here, with the twin-spin attack of Daniel Vettori and veteran Jeetan Patel once bringing the West Indies down to their knees several summers ago.
The Australians occupied the crease at Nelson Park yesterday morning in their simulation act, including Marcus Stoinis whose name is on every cricket aficionado's lips after the 27-year-old's unbeaten 146 put him on the global grid.
Their bad news was the omission of captain/wicketkeeper Matthew Wade who jetted back home after a lower back injury last Sunday.
Fronting up to media, Wade said it was disappointing not to have captained or played but agreed looking sharp for the Aussie tour of India, starting in Pune on February 23 with a test match, was imperative.
Peter Handscomb will slip on the gloves again after a so-so performance in the opening encounter but Wade, in his back-up's defence, said the replacement had only found out half an hour before the game that he was assuming the mantle of wicketkeeper.
