Melbourne, Oct. 21 -- Australian pacer Scott Boland believes he has gained the skills and confidence to tackle England's aggressive Bazball approach in the upcoming Ashes series. The 36-year-old gave very little attention to the criticism from English greats Mike Atherton and Stuart Broad, as per Fox Cricket.

The Victorian quick, who featured in the last Ashes in 2023, was targeted by the English batters during that series, took only two wickets for 231 runs across matches in Leeds and Birmingham. Atherton remarked that Boland posed "no fear" to England's top order, while Broad recently termed the current Australian squad potentially their weakest since 2010-11 series, which was won by England.

"I said the other day that all the past pl...