Travis Head backs Australia's bowlers to surprise England

Australia batsman Travis Head is confident a newlook bowling attack will have the firepower to trouble England in an upcoming oneday international seriesHead made a century as Australia completed their preparations with a 101run win over Middlesex at Lords on Saturday Despite his 106 Australia were held to a total of 283 for six It was the second time in two warmup games they had failed to reach the benchmark score of 300 having made 277 for nine against Sussex at Hove in their touropener on Thursday But they still beat Sussex by 57 runs and the bowlers were even more dominant against Middlesex who slumped to 182 all out with nine overs to spareMiddlesex were however without star batsman Eoin Morgan as the England 50over captain is leading the national side in a lone oneday international against Scotland in Edinburgh on Sunday World Cupholders Australia suffered a 41 series loss at home to England now top of the global ODI standings earlier this yearThe tourists will likely need to raise their game when a fivematch series with England starts across London at The Oval on Wednesday but Head was unconcerned by their recent failure to break the 300 barrier It depends if we bowl the way we have Well find that out pretty quickly whats a good score Head told reporters after Saturdays matchThe last two games have been good enough We were under the pump at Hove but we were pretty clinical in the way we went about it here the South Australian added The 24yearold opened the batting on Saturday with Australia having arrived in England without regular opener David Warner and former captain Steve Smith after the pair were given yearlong bans for their roles in Marchs balltampering scandal in Cape TownAs well as the two star batsmen Australia are also without their injured Asheswinning fastbowling trio of Mitchell Starc Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood for this whiteball only tour But Head backed pacemen Kane Richardson Jhye Richardson Billy Stanlake and Andrew Tye to fill the voidThey are all nasty in the nets both Richardsons Billy even Nes Michael Neser can bowl quite sharply he said Weve got firepower and the control on that side mix that with AJ Tye hes got unbelievable skills at the back end with leftarm spinner Ashton Agar who is bowling as well as he probably has in his career Head added If the guys can be consistent as they have been and the pace is up its always a hard task to face them For the second match in a row Australia saw their runrate slow when the spinners came on We were a bit slow they bowled quite well so credit to them said Head who spent the early part of the English season with Midlands county WorcestershireHead said Australia knew what to expect from England who under the guidance of Australian coach Trevor Bayliss have adopted a far more aggressive approach to ODI cricket since a firstround exit at the 2015 World Cup where Australia beat cohosts New Zealand in the final They wont change he insisted We didnt play as well as we would have liked in Australia and they played quite well They are pretty set in the way they go about things so I guess thats great for us in terms of planningAlso Read Travis Head Slams Ton But Oz UnimpressiveCatch up on all the latest T20 news and updates here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Except for the change in headline the story has been provided ASIS AS AVAILABLE without any verification or editing from our side Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever