Australian quick Scott Boland admits he has a point to prove against England after they dismantled him on English soil in 2023.

It comes as the Victorian expressed his confidence that he and potential South Australia debutant Brendan Doggett could fill the void left by injuries to skipper Pat Cummins, who bowled near full pace at training on Monday, and fast bowler Josh Hazlewood.

Boland has exploded on the Test scene after taking a ridiculous 6-7 on debut in the last home Ashes series in 2021/22, claiming 62 wickets at 16.53.

However, during the latest series against the old enemy in England in 2023, the Poms went after him, producing flat pitches to negate his and the Australian fast bowling cartel’s influence.

Boland grabbed only seven wickets at 48 in three outings on docile wickets in that series, Bazball claiming the spoils against him despite the series being a draw.

And the tourists have not been shy about doing the same again this time around, with former English cricketer Michael Atherton suggesting the Victorian holds “no fear” for the visitors.

“Boland has a fine record, but holds no fear for a batting line-up that took him for almost five runs an over in the drawn series in 2023, when he took just two wickets in two matches,” he wrote in the UK Times.

Boland revealed he’d taken time to reflect on how England’s batters approached him in that series and said he was ready for the onslaught, adding a warning that the grounds in Australia take bigger hitting to clear.

“I think I’ve reflected on that tour a fair bit,” Boland said.

“There will be tweaks to my game plan that I want to do, but I don’t think I need to do too much. I think I just need to execute better. Only to myself (do I have a point to prove).

“Balls that just go over the fence in England have a long way to go on grounds like here and at the MCG and the Gabba. We get to play on big grounds all the time.

“Adelaide’s a bit shorter, but I think that can help. But it’s the same for them. It will help their bowlers when they’re bowling their short balls.”

Boland had a light bowl at Optus Stadium on Monday as the Test group reunited for the first time in four months.

Cummins stole the limelight during the session, bowling for a good hour at around 90 per cent pace, and putting the Australian batters through the ringer on his road back from a back injury.

Potential debutant opener Jake Weatherald felt the brunt of the skipper as he prepared for the pace of England’s front-line attack.

Marnus Labuschagne sent a minor scare through the nets as Mitchell Starc hit him in the chest, but the pair laughed off the incident and continued without delay.

West Australian Cam Green also got through the session with no worries, bowling at full clip to Weatherald and Labuschagne as well as batting.

Green batted and bowled alongside fellow all-rounder Beau Webster, who is likely locked in a selection battle with the 26-year-old.

Despite carving out a fantastic start to life in the baggy green, Boland has sat behind the big three in Mitchell Starc, Hazlewood and Cummins.

But with Australia’s fast bowling stocks falling like flies ahead of the first Test in Perth on Friday, Hazlewood, who was ruled out on Saturday after secondary hamstring scans revealed a strain, is set to be one of the group’s leaders for the series.

“Obviously, you don’t want to be missing two great players like Josh and Pat, but I think our bowling stocks have been really strong for quite a while, but no one has been able to break in with the resilience of Starcy and Pat, Josh and myself,” he said.

“I think it’s going to be an exciting time because a new guy or two will get a look in.

“But they’re not inexperienced guys. Brendan’s coming in; he’s a 31-year-old who has played a lot of first-class cricket now and knows his game.

“He knows what he will need to do for him to express his skills out on the big stage.

“And if it comes to that stage of I need to play five (Tests), I’m confident my body can get through.”

In positive signs for Doggett, he was seen walking to the nets in conversation with Australia’s chairman of selectors, George Bailey.

One of Doggett or Boland is likely to get the new ball alongside Starc, with Hazlewood the primary opening partner, with Cummins taking the role when needed.

Boland’s Test opportunities have been so sporadic that he has yet to even get the chance to grace Optus Stadium in whites, but said he would use his experience of playing across the river at the WACA Ground as a guide.

“I’ve played a lot at the WACA, I’ve played maybe three T20 games here, but it is pretty similar to bowl at,” he said.

“You don’t have the big wind or the doctor coming in here; it doesn’t affect you as much.

“But like all grounds, you’ve got to work out your length.”