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.