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Moeen Ali: 'I'm not worried about facing Mitchell Johnson'

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England all-rounder Moeen Ali insists that he enjoys taking on Mitchell Johnson after being targeted with the short ball in the second Ashes Test.

Moeen Ali has insisted that he is not concerned about his battle with Mitchell Johnson ahead of next week's third Ashes Test at Edgbaston.

Johnson removed the England all-rounder with a sharp bouncer in the second innings as Australia won the second Test by 405 runs at Lord's, but Ali claims that he is fully prepared for the tourists to revisit the tactic which has often got him into trouble early in his international career.

"I enjoy facing Johnson," he is quoted as saying by The Mirror. "At Cardiff I managed to get a couple away. First innings at Lord's I pulled him a couple of times. I don't mind facing him.

"It is not something I am worried about, as long as I keep doing my work then I am comfortable with it."

Ali has scored 131 runs at an average of 32.75 in the first two Tests.

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Australia's Mitchell Marsh (L) celebrates bowling out Englands Captain Alastair Cook (down) on the third day of the second Ashes cricket test match between England and Australia at Lord's cricket ground in London, on July 18, 2015
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