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Fancy a searching examination of your technique, not to mention finding out whether you have the mental capacity to succeed at the top?
Then Australia it is, and while the New Zealand team collectively will get just that in Brisbane and Adelaide this month, the spotlight will be on some more than others.
Take Aaron Redmond. This will be his third tour with New Zealand this year, following the series in England and last month's visit to Bangladesh.
Redmond is in a slightly different position from his teammates in that he's spent several formative years in Perth. He's probably heard most of what Australian cricketers can offer in that time, but this will be different.
Brisbane will be his sixth test in three countries and he is still trying to lock himself into the team, still trying to shake off the perception he remains very much on trial for his place.
His test numbers are ordinary - five tests, 184 runs at 20.44, and if you take out his 79 which helped push New Zealand to victory at Chittagong two weeks ago, the statistics are bleaker.
But he has a touch of cussedness about him, which is no bad thing in a batsman, and he's working on tightening his game up.
"Early on I was quite flashy, trying to play every shot," he said. "But in the last two years I've cramped it down quite a bit and over the last six months with [batting coach] Mark O'Neill I've tried to just keep it simple."
Redmond's first-class figures for the past two New Zealand domestic seasons were solid - 55.5 in 2006-07, and 40.63 last summer.
The 29-year-old made his first-class debut in 1999-00 with Canterbury, switched to Otago in 2004-05 and has clocked up 77 matches and almost 4000 runs, to go with 96 wickets with hisleg spin.
He's learning as he goes, the England tour pushing that education up a sharp curve at times.
"But in the first-class games there I felt I had everything in place and was scoring runs. You learn certain things, like mental attributes. You learn a bit more about yourself."
His trip to India with New Zealand A produced some good results and he believes the biggest thing he's picked up since being in the New Zealand environment over the past six months is getting to know his game better.
"Knowing my role and how to play in certain situations. In tests, you've got to be quite tidy and compact. You have to realise the process you work through to get runs, dealing with certain situations and environments."
He's learnt the advantages of setting small goals, such as batting out five-over blocks, rather than aiming too big, which can be more mentally exhausting.
"The biggest thing, especially in Bangladesh, was I stopped looking at what the outcome will be. Narrow it down and make it more simple."
Redmond's first three overseas test experiences are significantly different and as an opening batsman there's no hiding if things are lively early on.
Australia is fulfilling a dream for the son of New Zealand's most celebrated one-test hero, Rodney Redmond - 107 and 56 in his only test against Pakistan at Eden Park in 1973.
"I grew up in Perth, watching the Aussies on TV and always aspired to come across them and get in their faces. When you play an Australian side they're generally up for it. It'll be a good challenge."
As he looks to prove he does have what it takes, he can count on that.
