Doug Bracewell, the New Zealand pacer, has said that his side has no fear of Australia and they are able of playing a strapping sort of cricket.

The first Test of two-match series between the two sides is set to get underway at Brisbane from Thursday.

“There’s definitely no fear of Australia at all,” Bracewell said while speaking to a leading Australian newspaper on Sunday.

“We’ve spoken about being more ruthless and having more mongrel as a team. Whether that’s guys sledging or however they go about their business, we just want to be a tougher, more consistent team,” added 21-year-old who picked up five wickets in his debut Test in Zimbabwe earlier this month.

No fears of Australia: Bracewell