Australia's secret plan to sledge South Africa's Hashim Amla leaked The leaked dossier, which has been published in News Ltd newspapers in Australia, claims to contain Australia's secret plans for each South African player, including subjecting Jacques Kallis to a bouncer barrage and attacking leg-spinner Imran Tahir. The publication of the document follows similar embarrassing incidents on two Ashes tours to England in 2009 and 2001. In 2009 The Sunday Telegraph obtained a copy of a document compiled by then Somerset captain and now Australia batting coach Justin Langer which described English players as "lazy," "shallow" and "flat." In 2001 Australia's coach John Buchanan penned a strategy based on the tactics of Sun Tzu, an ancient Chinese general, which fell into the hands of an English journalist during a tour match in Southampton. The latest blunder comes in the build-up to the first Test in Brisbane on Friday, the first time the sides have met since former South Africa coach Mickey Arthur took charge of Australia. The leaked document suggests that Australia intend to unsettle Amla, who had an outstanding series against England last summer, with verbal tactics and to test him with short balls. Australia batsman and former captain Ricky Ponting admitted that he expected there to be verbal exchanges in the series with the World's No 1 Test side. "Whenever South Africa and Australia play the rivalry and the way we go about our cricket is similar," Ponting said. I expect it to be good, hard tough Test match cricket. Whether that means there's words spoken or not, I don't know. That's stuff that happens in the heat of the battle. We've got no preconceived ideas about going out there and sledging or talking. We'll hopefully do the talking with bat and ball. Ponting admitted that Arthur had been helpful in preparing Australia to face players he knows well from his five year stint as South Africa coach. As a batting group we've spoken long and hard about the way their bowlers will bowl to us as well. It's nice to know that stuff and a bit of inside information from the coach on how their bowlers will probably try to bowl to us as well is good," Ponting said.