Australia go into the third Test at the Waca with a 2-0 lead in the five-Test series.
Should South Africa win at the Waca, they will usurp Australia at the top of the one-day team world rankings.
Having made his return to the England side, the 6ft 7in bowler admitted it was important he made a good start at the Waca.
However, Waca groundsman Cameron Sutherland has prepared a green-tinged wicket which could tempt Ponting to bowl first should he win the toss on Thursday morning.
The tourists trailed by 138 runs at stumps on day two of the four-day warm-up match at the Waca, having reached 4-0 in their second innings.
In keeping with the first two Tests, those who had made it to the Waca in time for the start of play were rewarded with some early drama.
Hussey, who has played county cricket for Northants, Gloucestershire and Durham, made his one-day international debut on his home ground, the Waca, but has yet to play a Test in Perth.
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But Strauss warned that the Waca wicket in Perth is not likely to be a bowler's paradise as Anderson looks to add to his eight wickets in the series so far.
Australia have only played South Africa once at the WACA ground, in 2005, when Brad Hodge made an unbeaten double century in the second innings as the match finished in a draw.
Ponting was given a standing ovation by the 7, 000 crowd at the WACA ground, and the South Africans performed a guard of honor as he went to the crease for his final innings.
However, with a quick, bouncey Waca wicket continuing to reward good bowling and punish poor batting, Mitchell Johnson and Ryan Harris both struck twice to leave England 81-5 at the close of play.
They did well to go so close at the Waca after being 68-3 at the start of their run-chase, with Narsingh Deonarine making an excellent 82 in his first Test appearance for four years.
Despite England's resounding victory in Adelaide, and with his side just one victory away from winning a series in Australia for the first time in 23 years, captain Andrew Strauss is fully expecting an Australian "backlash" at the Waca.
If Australia opt to use four seamers at the Waca, left-arm spinner Michael Beer is likely to miss out on his Test debut after he was drafted in to replace the ineffective Xavier Doherty in Australia's 12-man squad.
Bresnan is more of a traditional swinger than Yorkshire team-mate Ajmal Shahzad or Chris Tremlett, which works in his favour, although the Waca is traditionally the fastest and bounciest pitch in Australia, which will suit the bowling styles of the other two seamers.
"It was tough conditions out there, especially early on with the new ball and the moisture in the pitch, but I have played in a few matches at the Waca where first-innings innings totals have been in the mid-200s so I don't think we are out of it altogether, " said the Western Australia player.
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