Tim Paine is still at a loss to explain his abysmal record at the coin toss as Australian Test captain.
He enters Friday's second Test with Sri Lanka sitting on a winning percentage of 12.5 per cent - the lowest of 173 players to captain their country in eight or more Tests.
Paine's only win at a toss in eight Tests as skipper came in Perth against India where he had no hesitation in batting first after Virat Kohli called incorrectly.
The wicketkeeper thinks he might have to try a new technique when he walks out on Canberra's Manuka Oval to greet Sri Lankan counterpart Dinesh Chandimal.
"I might go left hand," he quipped to reporters on Thursday.
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"I do need to try something. I can't keep doing the same thing and getting the same results."
The previous record-holder at coin tosses was Frederick Brown, who captained England 15 times and won only five tosses
Not that all that bad luck can be attributed to Paine directly, given five of his Tests have been at home where the touring captain has the call.
