On pink-ball history, England's batsmen should fear Josh Hazlewood more than any other Australian bowler.
Hazlewood enters the second Ashes match starting on Saturday in Adelaide as Australia's most successful bowler in day-night Tests.
Hazlewood has been the driving force behind Australia's wins in the two previous day-night pink-ball Tests in Adelaide.
In the inaugural day-night Test in 2015, Hazelwood took match figures of 9-136 against New Zealand.
A year later against South Africa, Hazlewood claimed 6-109 in Adelaide's day-night fixture.
His 15 wickets in Adelaide's pink-ball Tests come at the imposing average of 16.33, bettering his pace partner Mitchell Starc's returns.
Starc has taken 9-182 at an average of 20.22 in the two day-night Adelaide Tests.
The statistics leave teammate Usman Khawaja in no doubt as to who is Australia's main threat with a pink ball - Hazlewood.
"Josh is always one who is very dangerous because he can swing it back in and nibble it," Khawaja said.
"When he's on he gives you absolutely nothing, he doesn't give you anything to hit. He's one guy who is always in the game."
Hazlewood was rested from NSW's pink-ball day-night Sheffield Shield opener against South Australia this season, when Starc terrorised the Redbacks with 8-73 in the second innings.
"No doubt he'll take some confidence out of it," Australian captain Steve Smith said of Starc's most recent Adelaide outing.
"He got the ball to reverse here in the Shield game, which is a bit different.
"I think he's excited about this week and hopefully he can get that ball swinging around at good pace."
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