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Adaptability a key for Aussies: Hussey

Of all of Australia's limited overs cricketers the one whose game seems most suited to the Sri Lanka style of play is David Hussey.

More of an accumulator than blaster when it comes to the bat, Hussey has established himself as a useful member of Australia's Twenty20 and one-day squads with his intelligent and high-energy style of play.

It's a formula familiar to most Sri Lankan fans from their own players and the familiarity will become uncanny if he also delivers a few of his off-spinning darts down with the ball in Saturday's T20 clash with the hosts at Kandy.

The man himself believes he and his Australian team-mates will have to adapt quickly to emerge victorious against one of the world's best limited overs side on their own patch.

"They're definitely home-favoured wickets," Hussey told AAP.

"A lot of spin involved, I guess the players just have to get their heads around playing in the different conditions.

"Facing many overs of spin and working out the zones to either clear the pickets or to run hard and get twos and threes. I think that's the key in the limited overs form.

"(Also) being as fit as you possibly can. Charging for maybe four twos in the over to get the eight runs there and maybe a boundary to finish off the over is a pretty good effort.

"I think you'll see the T20s par will be the 145-150 range rather than a 190 which you might see in Australia."

But the challenge of tackling Sri Lanka has got Hussey excited, particularly after several weeks of build-up.

"The vibe's good. Rather excited. I know all the boys are rapt and ready to get the series underway and actually start playing some games," he said.

"We had the training camp in Brisbane and now we want to just get amongst it. Enough of the training, enough of the talk and just start playing some cricket.

"I can't wait to get out there and actually play in Kandy."

The Australian team travels on Wednesday to the inland city of Kandy where they will train for two days before Saturday's opening T20.

A second and final T20 will be played on Monday with the first of five one-day matches to be played at the same venue next Wednesday.