Victoria captain Cameron White admitted the Bushrangers will be targeting the embattled South Australian openers when they face off in their Sheffield Shield clash on Friday at Adelaide Oval.
The Redbacks have struggled to find a successful partnership to open the batting and this isn't lost on the Victoria captain who is eagerly plotting the demise of SA.
SA began the domestic season with Dan Harris and James Smith but both have failed to get the Redbacks off to a winning start and will now look to Tom Cooper and inexperienced duo Tom Moffat and 19 year-old Ben Dougall.
"If there's some inexperienced players at the top that might play into our hands a fraction," White said.
"It's a tough position to open the batting in four day cricket, especially in Australia. They've probably got a couple of new guys at the top there so we'll sit down tomorrow and have a bit of a look at them and work out how to get them out."
"A new ball in Adelaide is crucial because you want to get into them before that 20 over mark when the ball and the pitch are sort of on the harder side."
Captain Michael Klinger conceded SA have struggled in both formats to get off to good starts but said the best is yet to come with the bat from the Redbacks.
"We've struggled in one-day cricket to get good starts. We seem to be losing one or two wickets early, that's happened throughout the year," he said.
"We've have full confidence. We know what Aiden Blizzard can do when he gets going, unfortunately he hasn't done it yet in the one-day format, he's been terrific for us in the four-day format."
The Redbacks are fourth in the Shield standings, two points ahead of the bottom placed Bushrangers, but 14 points adrift of leader New South Wales.
Klinger acknowledged the importance of a win against the Bushrangers and what it means for the rest of the domestic season.
"The Vics are around the same mark as us so we've got to make sure we get a jump on them and keep ourselves right in the mix in the Shield competition," he said.
"New South Wales have obviously have gone a fair way ahead so we've got to make sure we can stay with the rest of the pack."
From the side that lost by eight wickets to NSW, SA bring in wicketkeeper Tim Ludeman from Graham Manou who broke his toe, Kane Richardson and Mick Delaney while Tim Lang was dropped.
White said Victoria would also make some changes to the side that thrashed SA by 67-runs in the Ryobi One Day Cup match on Wednesday.
"Damian Wright will probably come back in, John Holland will probably play, there could be a few changes there," he said.
South Australia: Michael Klinger (captain), Aiden Blizzard, Rob Cassell, Daniel Christian, Tom Cooper, Mick Delaney, Ben Edmondson, Callum Ferguson, Peter George, Tim Ludeman, Tom Moffat, Aaron O-Brien, Kane Richardson