Pace quartet ready to roll

AUSTRALIA will give England an early taste of their Ashes assault with coach Darren Lehmann set to roll out a frightening four-pronged pace attack in the ICC Champions Trophy.

Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc and James Pattinson are all fit and Lehmann says he is tempted to play them, provided it suits the conditions in England.

“I would think we’d go down that path from afar,” Lehmann said.

“It’s the first time we’ve had the big four available.