Australia’s pace attack revved up for Friday’s one-day series opener against England by destroying Alastair Cook’s Essex side in Chelmsford.

Michael Clarke (76) and David Hussey (67) guided Australia to 9-313 from 50 overs and hostile spells from quicks Brett Lee (1-16) and Pat Cummins (3-26) ensured the home side was never in the hunt.

Essex was rolled for 134 in 32.4 overs.

After rain-affected matches in Leicester and Belfast, Tuesday’s warm-up match provided almost everything Clarke’s team was looking for ahead of this week’s opening game against England at Lord’s.

One of the few disappointments about the match was that Cummins missed out on the chance to have a crack at England one-day captain Alastair Cook.

Cook, who has scored three hundreds and an 80 in his past six one-day internationals, did not last long enough to face the teenage speedster.

Clarke and Hussey earlier revitalised Australia’s innings with a 127-run fourth wicket stand before wicketkeeper Matthew Wade (47) finished off the job.

With the exception of George Bailey, all Australia’s batsmen enjoyed a decent stint at the crease in fine conditions on a good batting deck.

The hosts made a dreadful start to their run chase with Mark Pettini (1) and Cook (5) back in the changerooms by the end of the fourth over.

As in Ireland on Saturday, Lee set the tone with a withering spell and had Pettini chasing a wide ball and Cummins taking a catch at third man.

The veteran was unlucky not to dismiss Tom Westley (4) the very next ball with an edge flying between wicketkeeper and first slip.

Not that Australia had to wait long for another wicket with Cook chasing a wide ball and edging it to Clarke at first slip.

Cummins made an impact with only his second ball, moving it away and uprooting Westley’s off-stump as Essex slid to 3-14.

Ravi Bopara (39) and Ryan ten Doeschate tried to rebuild the innings before Bopara scurried off on a suicidal single and ten Doeschate sacrificed his wicket.

Shane Watson worried Bopara with his swing bowling and had him feathering a catch behind before Cummins returned and knocked back Greg Smith’s off stump with the first ball of his spell.

Cummins continued to trouble the Essex batsmen and had a ball hit the shoulder of skipper James Foster’s bat and hover in the air long enough for Steve Smith to claim a brilliant diving catch with his left hand.

After Foster’s departure, the match was as good as done.