A packed international schedule is to blame for Australia's sub-continental woes.
As Australia reels from a Test series whitewash in Sri Lanka, former Test opening batsman Matthew Hayden fears a lack of preparation on turning wickets will harm our chances of making amends during next year's Indian tour.
The tour will come immediately after the Australian summer finishes with a series of limited-overs matches, a situation Hayden believes has contributed to the Test side's losing streak in Asia.
"I feel sorry for the players," Hayden told Triple M's Grill Team on Friday.
"They are just constantly going into tournaments now.
"They have got no time to have set plays within their game."
Hayden swept his way to a record 549 runs at an average of 109.8 in Australia's losing campaign in India in 2001.
And he believes it was his attendance at an Indian spin camp in 1995 and his time out of the Australian side between 1997 and 2000 that allowed him to build his game against the tweakers.
"I might not have had the most perfect game against spin," he said.
"But I had something that worked and I knew it.
"So when I went there in 2001 I had it sorted."
Except for the IPL season during April and May, Australian teams have figured in one form of the game every month since November.
Cricket Australia (CA) has identified the jammed schedule as one of the issues in developing players for turning conditions and will continue to shift Australia A series to the sub-continent.
"These are longer-term plans that are going to be set up for the future," CA high performance manager Pat Howard told AAP earlier this week.
"We've got to look at the short-term, but continue with the medium and long-term of having adaptable players."
AUSTRALIAN CRICKET'S CLUTTERED SCHEDULE SINCE NOV
NOV 2015 - 3 Tests vs NZ (h)
DEC-JAN 2015-16 - 3 Tests vs WI (h)
JAN 2016 - 5 ODI vs India (h)
JAN - 3 T20 vs India (h)
FEB - 3 ODI vs NZ (a)
FEB - 2 Tests vs NZ (a)
MAR - 3 T20s vs SA (a)
MAR - World T20 (a)
APRIL-MAY - IPL window
JUNE - ODIs vs WI & SA (a)
JULY-AUG - 3 Tests vs SL (a)
AUG-SEPT - 5 ODI vs SL (a)
SEPT - 2 T20S vs SL (a)
SEPT-OCT - 5 ODIs vs SA (a)
NOV - 3 Tests vs SA (h)
DEC - 3 Tests vs NZ (h)
DEC-JAN 2016-17 - 3 Tests vs Pakistan (h)
JAN 2017 - 5 ODIs vs Pakistan (h)
FEB 2017 - 3 T20s vs SL (h)
FEB-MAR 2017 - 4 Tests vs India (a)
