Adam Voges hopes his remarkably productive home summer last year will hold him in good stead when Australias selectors assess the fallout from the recent whitewash at the hands of Sri Lanka. Australia lost all three Tests in turning conditions, and will face much of the same early next year they will travel to India for four Tests. But in the meantime, they will host South Africa and Pakistan for six Tests on surfaces that are far more familiar.Voges was one of the batsmen who struggled to adapt to the slow, spinning pitches in Sri Lanka, where he failed to score a fifty across the three Tests and averaged 19.66. However, last summer he piled up 660 runs at 165.00 in the six home Tests against New Zealand and West Indies, and he also scored profusely on the tour of New Zealand that followed.But at 36, Voges knows that all his mountains of runs will count for little if he endures a prolonged dry patch, and scores of 47, 12, 8, 28, 22 and 1 constitute the beginnings of one. The home Test summer begins at the WACA against South Africa in early November, and Voges hopes that his track record at that ground, and in Australia generally, will be enough to convince the selectors to stick with him.The first home Test for the summer is here at the WACA and obviously conditions are fairly different to what weve just experienced, Voges said on EON Sports Radio on Thursday. I take a lot of confidence out of what I was able to do last summer, and hopefully get that opportunity here in Perth at my home ground, somewhere that Ive grown up playing and know the conditions really well.Ive given the selectors the opportunity to leave me out if they wanted to, with how Ive performed in Sri Lanka. Hopefully they keep the faith with me. I still think Ive got plenty to offer. I take a lot of confidence out of what I was able to do last summer, and really the form and the run that Ive had over the last couple of years, hopefully the last three Tests have just been a small blip on whats been a pretty good couple of years.Four times from the six innings in Sri Lanka, Voges was dismissed by Rangana Herath. However, he was far from alone in struggling against Herath, who claimed 28 wickets for the series and caused Australia major problems in all three Tests.We didnt have a lot of answers for him, to be honest, Voges said. He has very subtle variations with his release points, his pace, where he stands on the wicket. But ultimately the ball seems to end up relatively in the same area. Some spin, some dont. And hes just very crafty. In conditions that suit him, like they did over there, hes certainly a handful.It took until the third Test for Australia to find a batsman to build on a start and go on to reach triple figures - Shaun Marsh and Steven Smith both did so in the first innings in Colombo - but by then the series was decided. Sri Lanka had wrapped up their triumph in Galle, where they set Australia 413 to win. Voges came to the crease at 61 for 4 and reverse swept his first ball, persisting with the shot until it brought him undone on 28.We spoke before that fourth innings and on a Galle wicket that was spinning quite a bit, the skipper and the coach asked the batting group to be a lot more proactive with the way we went about things, Voges said. The reverse sweep was basically my version of it. 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With his first subtropical training camp about to begin, hes unfazed by the weather.Im a little disappointed, to be honest with you, said Gase, a Michigan native who began his coaching career at Louisiana State. Baton Rouge is way hotter than it is down here. So if I hear anybody complain about weather, Im going to be severely disappointed.When camp opens Friday, it will be about as grueling as the collective bargaining agreement allows. Gase said his No. 1 goal will be to test the mental fortitude of his players, all of them new to him.What are we going to do when it gets tough? Gase said Tuesday. Because its going to be tough in camp. Theres not going to be any special treatment. Were going to make it hard, and were going to see when it really gets tough whos going to rise to the top, and whos going to fall off.Gase takes that approach mindful he inherited a team perennially chasing New England in the AFC East. Miami hasnt finished above .500 since 2008 and is starting camp with a new coach for the sixth time since 2004.We need to get better, Gase said. We were 6-10 last year. Weve got a lot of work.Gase acknowledged health will determine how hard he can push. If injuries mount, hell be compelled to let up.Some players will need careful monitoring. Defensiive end Cameron Wake and newly acquired running back Arian Foster are returning from Achilles tendon surgery.dddddddddddd Second-year receiver DeVante Parker has had health issue since joining Miami. Rookie running back Kenyan Drake hurt his hamstring in June minicamp.All are expected to be on the field Friday. But rookie cornerback Xavien Howard will be absent -- hell start camp on the physically-unable-to-perform list following arthroscopic knee surgery.Howard was competing with second-year pro Tony Lippett for a starting job, and depth at cornerback is thin.Its great for Tony -- its more reps for him, Gase said. 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