English ace Jimmy Anderson is confident he can make a pink Kookaburra laugh just like a red one.
The masterly swing bowler reckons the pink Kookaburra ball to be used in the looming day-night Ashes Test in Adelaide doesn't differ that much from the red version.
"The red Kookaburra and the pink Kookaburra are not that different," Anderson told reporters on Thursday.
"From a bowler's point of view ... we will go about it the same way."
Bowler-friendly conditions are expected in the second Test between Australia and England starting Saturday in Adelaide.
The pink ball has swung markedly, particularly at night, in past day-night Tests in the South Australian capital.
Anderson and his pace-bowling colleagues also found conditions to their liking in England's day-night tour game in Adelaide before the Ashes series.
"We played a warm-up game here with a pink ball and it was pretty good conditions for bowlers," Anderson said.
"People think it's going to be a good week for the bowlers but you have still got to bowl well, even when conditions are in your favour.
"Here is somewhere where we can use our skills - pink ball, under lights, something different. It could be somewhere that will really suit our bowling attack."
Anderson said he also gained hope during England's 10-wicket loss in the Ashes opener in Brisbane.
"The encouraging thing for us is that we came up with plans for all their batsmen before the series started and probably 70 per cent of them worked," he said.
"We can build on that.
"But there is still that small matter of someone (Steve Smith) making 140-odd and that is something we have to deal with.
"We know the dangers of David Warner up at the top as well and we have to keep working hard to try and get them out because we know how pivotal they are in their line-up."
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