The South Australia fast bowler took 3-21 as the Prime Minister's XI thrashed the tourists by 166 runs at Canberra's Manuka Oval on Friday.

Tait says Australia captain Ricky Ponting [Images] would do well to see how England struggled with the shorter deliveries.

"There's some guys there that really don't play the short ball that well and are prepared to have a go at it," Tait told reporters. "So we exploited that today and it came off.

"We got two or three wickets from short balls, so the Australian team can look at that and maybe exploit that as well," added Tait, who is competing with the likes of Mitchell Johnson, Stuart Clark and Nathan Bracken [Images] for a Test place.

Alastair Cook [Images], Andrew Strauss [Images] and Kevin Pietersen [Images] were all dismissed trying to pull shorter deliveries in the tour opener and PM XI skipper Cameron White said the ploy of harrying the England top order with rib-tickling bouncers had paid off.

"We talked about putting them on the back foot," White said. "If that helps out the Australian team in some way I think we've done our part.

"There are not too many people who play a short ball at your head at 150kph too well."

England can expect similar treatment in the three-day match against New South Wales starting at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Sunday, with Test bowlers Glenn McGrath, Brett Lee [Images], Clark and Bracken featuring in the hosts' lineup.

The first Test of the five-match Ashes series starts in Brisbane on Nov. 23.