Australia is expected to opt for an all-out pace assault with spinner Nathan Lyon set to be left out.  

Waugh said the Aussies would be brimming with confidence against a Pakistan outfit who have won just four of their past 32 Test matches in Australia.   

"I think we'll be confident. Yeah, why not? We've won the last Test in Adelaide - day-night Test, coming off some good one-day form," Waugh said on Fox Sports' Inside Cricket.

"…Just the bounce and pace, their footwork tends to be not as sharp as some of the international sides. So it's going to be a test for them.

"I just think with day-night Test matches, it just sways your thinking a little bit more to the seam attack.

"It's going to come down to the pitch, really - what they see in the pitch (on Thursday), what the weather forecast is probably for the four or five days.”