Against South Africa in Australia’s T20 World Cup opener, Hazlewood was at his Test match best in an opening spell that set the tone for a miserly display from Aaron Finch’s bowlers. He related that, in the IPL, he hd essentially worked on a double-bluff, staying consistent, particularly early in the innings, against batters who were expecting him to try other things.

“Spending a bit of time at Chennai with Stephen Fleming and Eric Simons, just chatting about how batters are probably expecting that, expecting you to change,” he said. “If you get hit for four or six, they’re probably expecting something different next ball.

“So they’re expecting something different, and I keep doing the same thing and make them hit fours and sixes off your good deliveries - just above the stumps, a hard length - and that seemed to be working for the last few weeks in the IPL, and again last night.”

As for how the T20 World Cup and then quarantine in Queensland will affect his Ashes preparation, Hazlewood stated that what he needed most were some long, red-ball focused training sessions in Australia prior to the first Test at the Gabba.

“In all the formats I tend to bowl pretty similar, except at the back end of T20s,” he said. “But my first two overs up front, that’s pretty much how I’m going to bowl in Test cricket, so I don’t really notice as much difference, red or white ball.

“It’s more the miles in the legs ... one or two big days of training where we might bowl 14-16 overs in a day with some fielding, and if we get that under our belts then I’m fine. I don’t feel like I need a match of any sort, it’s about getting one or two big training days here or there and I’m fine.”

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