NEW DELHI: Pacer Josh Hazlewood on Saturday brushed aside concerns about Australia's ageing bowling attack, saying the group's wealth of experience remains one of its biggest assets ahead of the upcoming Ashes series.

Australia's 15-member squad for the first Test features 14 players aged over 30. The spin department will be led by Nathan Lyon, who turns 38 a day before the series opener in Perth on November 21. The pace attack includes Mitchell Starc (35), Hazlewood (34), and Scott Boland (36), while captain Pat Cummins - set to miss the first Test - is 32.

"I think the experience, not just through red-ball cricket, through all the formats, you put all the pieces together. You've been in so many situations now out in the middle that you've learned a lot over the years, not just as an individual but as a group.

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"We bounce off each other out there and know each other's game so well and help each other out there," Hazlewood was quoted as saying by 'Australian Associated Press' (AAP).

"There'll come a time no doubt (when the team is too old), but I don't think it's yet. We've been together a long time, taken a heap of wickets, but the times off the field as well have been so great.

"We know each other so well, so we can pull each other up from time to time when the rhythm's not quite there," he added.

Hazlewood, who is five wickets shy of the 300-mark in Tests, said he is not overly focused on the personal milestone.

"I feel in the best shape I've been in a long time. Over the last four of five years, I've had a lot of confidence.

"My numbers suggest that. Just staying on the park, probably since COVID (pandemic), has been hard."

Cummins bowls at full tilt

Australia captain Pat Cummins remains on track to play the second Ashes Test, as the pacer bowled at full intensity in the nets on Saturday.

Cummins, who has been sidelined with a back stress injury since July, will miss the Ashes opener in Perth.

He had been bowling off a shortened run-up earlier this week, but on Saturday bowled at full pace in the nets in Sydney.

(With PTI Inputs)