Aussie batsmen planning on making English spinner's tour Down Under his Swann song David Warner says he has never doubted his ability to return to his brutal best despite a horror tour of England. Be afraid, Graeme Swann. Be very afraid. Australia's batsmen are likely to have you in their sights. GRAEME Swann beware. There is a target on your head this summer. Flamboyant off-spinner Swann undermined Australia's recent Ashes campaign in England by taking 26 wickets at 29. But the landscape has changed and the bayonets will be fastened this summer. Michael Clarke noted in his Ashes diary that when Swann was hit over his head in England, the home side was quick to drop a man back. Steve Smith, an excellent player of spin, picked up the same vibe and is set to lead the charge after Swann this summer as he did on occasions in England. Others will follow. The Australians feel there is great incentive to attack Swann because a retreating field gives the Australians the luxury of milking singles. Michael Clarke has launched his first book, 'The Ashes Diary', just ten days out from the latest instalment of the battle for the coveted urn. Australia feels they hold the balance of power against Swann this series despite the respect he must be given for a 248-wicket Test career. Swann is far and away most comfortable bowling to left-handers but this time Australia will field just two in the top seven - openers Dave Warner and Chris Rogers. "If they know our coach well they know the way we are going to play the spinners," quipped Brad Haddin, spotlighting the attacking philosophy of coach Darren Lehmann who was one of boldest and best players of spin in his era. The guys have had a pretty good look at him and I don't think the wickets will be as giving as they were in England. I think we are in a pretty good place. Guys like Steve Smith and George play spin really well. And we have Michael Clarke. Swann is a big player for them and we have to find a way to combat him and the best way to do it is scoring runs. Clarke wrote of Swann in his Ashes diary: "When he gave it more air and it was on or around the off stump, I could come down the wicket and hit him over his head, pushing back the mid-off and mid-on, which Cook soon obliged by doing. That gave me the option of no risk singles down the ground. Like most finger spinners, Swann struggles to penetrate in Australia. Despite the fact that England recorded a landslide series win here three years ago he could manage just 15 wickets at 39 in the five Tests which included a five wicket haul in Adelaide but nothing more than two wickets in any other innings. Former English all-rounder Derek Pringle sensed the Swann assault is "on." "It will be interesting because he bowls that traditional Australian off-spinning line outside off stump," Pringle said. You have picked a lot of right handers to get after him. He prefers left-handers. I think your batsmen will try and make sure he does not let the English fast bowlers get long rests. That will be a tactic. Bailey and these guys will get after him. Smith, whose 138 not out in the final Test at The Oval was seen as a breakthrough innings for his career, feels his game is solidifying. "I have always been able to play the big shots but it was just about reining it back and getting a solid defence," Smith said. I have been a lot more stable and balanced at the crease and everything has fallen into place from there.