Marrara Stadium in Darwin will host its first Test match in 22 years and head curator Jake Pavlich is rightly proud of the drop-in split-pitch Australia and Bangladesh will play on. The split-pitch was first used in Australia in Darwin when Bangladesh was also the visiting Test side in 2003. "When it goes into the compound we make sure it is perfectly together so we prepare it as a full-length pitch," Pavlich said. (Dave Hunt/AAP PHOTOS)The Marrara surface received raved reviews when Australia played South Africa in T20 internationals last year. Australian allrounder Beau Webster said the team would embrace the "unknowns".