WA head curator of Optus Stadium Isaac McDonald has opened up on the state of the pitch ahead of the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar series between Australia and India.

McDonald admits he and his team are attempting to emulate a fast and bouncy wicket that headlined last summer’s Australia and Pakistan Test.

Twelve months ago, that pitch deteriorated as the Test continued, as major cracks began to show in the middle.

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But the biggest concern ahead of the first day of the Test beginning on Friday, is Perth’s weather.

And it has nothing with it being too sunny.

Perth is expecting 5mm of rain on Thursday, just one day out from the opening of the Test summer on home soil.

“It’s definitely not ideal Perth Test prep weather. Yesterday (Tuesday) we lost a whole day of prep with it being under cover,” McDonald said on Wednesday.

“Everyone talks about the traditional baking on the top, we can kind of manufacture it, with more rolling and less water on top if we have to.”

But McDonald was quick to shut down any hope of “big snake cracks” that used to be produced on the WACA.

“I don’t think this weather is going to make this pitch fall apart,” he said.

“There’ll be some deterioration. Grass will stand up during the game and offer that variable bounce. But in terms of big-snake WACA cracks, unfortunately, I don’t think the weather’s going to get us there.”

The first Test begins of the Border-Gavaskar series begins on Friday at Optus Stadium.