Adelaide Oval head curator Damian Hough reckons it's lucky he likes a challenge.
He's facing plenty while preparing a pitch for the second Ashes Test starting Saturday.
Adelaide has baked in temperatures nudging 40 degrees for the past three days.
Thunderstorms dumping up to 40mm of rain are forecast for late Thursday into Friday but Hough remains upbeat the pitch for the first day-night Test between Australia and England will be of high standard.
"If we get a few hours of covers off tomorrow, we will be fine," he told reporters on Thursday.
"It can be tricky but we had a (Sheffield) Shield game finish on Sunday and knew the weather was potentially turning on us.
"So we started preparation (on the Test pitch) on the day before the Shield game just to get some good compaction into it when the pitch was really wet.
"The cards we have been dealt with, we manage it as best we can, but we're pretty comfortable where it's at currently."
More rain is forecast for Saturday's opening day of play with the Test predicted to be played in cool temperatures hovering around 20 degrees.
"We might get a few showers at the start of the game but the majority of it, the extreme weather, will be over in the next 24 hours," Hough said.
Hough and his grounds staff were seeking to replicate the pitch of last year's Adelaide Test against South Africa.
"Feedback was pretty good for that one, so it's the same sort of technique, same cutting heights and everything else," he said.
"We just want a good even contest, some pace and bounce, as much as Adelaide can offer - we can't give as much as other states have got.
"But for us, we still want spin to play a part ... (and) once the batters are in, hopefully they can still cash in."
