MELBOURNE :Australia's selectors doubt their ageing pacers can last a full Ashes series but Josh Hazlewood says he feels ready to take on England in all five tests.

While captain and fast-bowling teammate Pat Cummins is in doubt for at least the Perth opener on November 21, 34-year-old Hazlewood is already enjoying a good start to the home summer.

He took two wickets in both Sunday's series-opening one-day international against India in Perth and the last T20I against New Zealand in Mount Maunganui earlier this month.

"It was a nice start," he told Australian media of the India ODI.

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