"Australia will attempt to bowl and bat better than the first two days in Dhaka, we are looking forward to the second Test," said the Aussie skipper following his side's brief training session at the Divisional Stadium here yesterday.

The 31-year old skipper, who smashed a brilliant match-winning hundred in the first game to avert their worst defeat since the Ashes surrender, however, said that Bangladesh will go into the match with confidence.

"Bangladesh will take a lot of confidence from the performance of the first Test. But we will be a fresh side tomorrow as we have been resting at the hotel for the last two days," he said.

The pitch at the Fatullah Stadium surprised many as it held together even on the fifth day, so the Chittagong pitch has become the subject of much debate.

"Having seen the wicket today I would say it is going to take more spin than Dhaka," observed Ponting.

"We will have to wait until we see (Shane) Warne bowl to determine the team," he said when asked about the maestro's chances to make the team.

Australia team manager Steve Bernard said that his side would not take Bangladesh lightly in the second Test.

"I think we'll be wary of them because they have proved to be a pretty good team and they have some good players. If the last Test is any indication we expect this one to be hard," Bernard told reporters, also stating that they had done some video homework on the Bangladeshi players.

"We didn't have any footage of them last time to have a look at. But most of these guys were in Cardiff last year so they are aware that Bangladesh were quite capable on their day of causing an upset."

"This time around we've seen a little more footage of them playing and that has made it a little bit easy for us to do some preparation," said Bernard admitting that most of the Tigers players were an unknown quantity and the Aussies were in a way "learning as we go along."