Peter Siddle has become one of the great pace warriors of Australian cricket but in three series against England, he’s been on the losing side each time.

“We’ve played in a lot of matches against these guys now, and lost. There’s a lot of revenge we want,” says Siddle, looking lean and hungry ahead of the first Ashes Test on November 21.

Captain Michael Clarke’s 12-man squad will go into camp on Sunday in Brisbane as Siddle prepares to join forces with Ryan Harris and Mitchell Johnson, the express left-arm quick who was overlooked for the 2013 series in England.

“There’s about five of us (including Clarke, Shane Watson and Brad Haddin as well as Phil Hughes who’s not part of the Brisbane squad) who have played in pretty much the last three and lost them all,” Siddle said.

“It’s not a good record to have. It’s not something we want to look back on when we’re retired.

“You want to hold that urn.

“There’s a lot to turn around but the squad’s strong.”

Siddle is confident the sometimes-wayward Johnson can intimidate the Poms.

Johnson is hitting the 150km/h mark and is putting a target on England No.3 Jonathan Trott’s ribs.

“It’s nice to hear him confident,” Siddle said.

“That showed (in last month’s one-day series) in India, the way on pretty flat dead wickets what he could generate out of them.

“He’ll be ready to go. We’ll see a new Mitchell Johnson this series.”

Johnson, 32, has a fine record of 205 wickets in 51 Tests. The 34-year-old Harris has played only 16 Tests but is the ace in Australia’s pack with 71 wickets at 21.26.

“I’ve always had a close association with Mitch and Ryano,” Siddle said.

The 28-year-old described Harris and Johnson as two of his close mates.

“We know what we can say to them to help them out. They’re not going to push us away and tell us to get lost,” 46-Test veteran Siddle said.

“That’s going to be the strength of this bowling attack, that we can be honest to each other and that will bring out the best in us.”