Australian pacer Mitchell Starc warned England to beware of a repeat of the destruction caused by Mitchell Johnson in 2013 Ashes when Australia unleash their pace attack in the upcoming Ashes Tests.

The Australian pace attack is looking pretty furious especially after the return of spearhead Starc, who will be supported by Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Jackson Bird and James Pattinson.

During a recent chat with Daily Telegraph, Starc said, “We’ve got a really solid attack and we complement each other. If it’s not me, you’ve got Pat Cummins who can bowl fast bouncers and Josh Hazlewood bowling consistent line and length.”

He further added, “It’ll be much like that attack did when Johnno took all those wickets, I think we complement each other really well. Throw in Jackson Bird, and Coulter-Nile is back bowling really well. So we’ve got five really good guys there and if Patto is fit to go, six.”

With Pattinson being ruled out of the series due to his injury, it may create some issues of concern for Australia. But England team is also looking in a state of disarray, especially after the exclusion of Ben Stokes, who is suspended by ECB until further notice after his arrest during a night out.

Starc reckons that Australian bowlers can defeat England mentally as their top order is relatively inexperienced aside from Alastair Cook and Joe Root. He said, “They’ve obviously got Root and Cook up the top, who have played a lot of cricket and are probably their main guys with the bat. The guys in the top order around them are pretty inexperienced and, hopefully, we can exploit that here in our home conditions.”

Despite this, Starc is not underestimating England, even without Stokes. He said, “He probably makes their team a bit more balanced but he’s not the be all and end all of their team. There’s plenty of guys we need to worry about.”