James Pattinson celebrates after taking the wicket of Craig Kieswetter of Somerset (not in pic). If James Pattinson is Ashes-ready, the same cannot be said just yet for his fast-bowling partner Peter Siddle. The older paceman has lacked his usual grunt in the tour match against Somerset as Pattinson and Mitchell Starc staked strong claims for spots in Australia's attack for the first Test at Trent Bridge. Pattinson and Starc have been unplayable when on song, collecting 13 wickets between them for the match. All but two of those dismissals were bowled or lbw as the right and left-armer got the new and old ball to swing. It's an exciting mix, but requires someone to complement them with long, relentless spells, especially when conditions are not conducive to movement. For much of the past two years Siddle has been that man, never more than when he bowled himself beyond the point of exhaustion against South Africa in Adelaide. But in Taunton he wasn't so consistent, taking 1-117 for the match. Pattinson, the state and club teammate who knows Siddle better than anyone, believes he is just warming into the tour, although he has also played two first-class games for Australia A for a modest haul of three wickets at 39. "I think Pete's one of those guys who knows his body quite well now, and he's quite a bit older than me and Starcy," Pattinson said. It's a long series, it's five Tests. He's probably the guy that when the wicket is pretty flat you'll always call to, so I don't know whether he's saving himself a bit for what's to come, because he's pretty smart with his body now. Sidds has been a great bowler for a number of years now and I think he's pretty happy with where he's at. He bowled well on the A tour and maybe this game he didn't bowl as well as he'd have liked, but he's a fantastic player and he'll step up for the first Test, definitely. Pattinson is likely to sit out the second warm-up game next week at Worcester, where Ryan Harris and Jackson Bird are expected to play, and the shape of the attack will become clearer. "I think I've had enough cricket over the past month to be ready for the first Test," Pattinson said. If the first Test was in three days I'd be ready to go. As well as pace and ferocity, Pattinson (3-61) got a touch of reverse swing to knock the off-stump of Craig Kieswetter out of the ground. With Siddle and James Faulkner given a chance to bowl with the new ball, Starc bent the old one into the stumps twice for 2-41. Meantime, Phillip Hughes side-stepped the crowd at the top of the order by mounting a solid case to be considered as a middle order batsman. The performance of Hughes at No. 5 added added further intrigue to the batting permutations for the first Test. The left-hander averages 17 in Ashes cricket, and the idea of shielding him from the new ball has some appeal. His technique was unpicked by Andrew Flintoff and Jimmy Anderson in England in 2009 and he fared no better after coming into the side with few runs behind him for the second half of the most recent series in Australia. He played some confident drives and pull shots and was 76 not out when the Australians made an aggressive declaration, one run ahead of Somerset at 5-321, designed to set up a fourth day run chase. The touring team needed a further 224 to win on Saturday. "We spoke about the best way of winning the game," Pattinson said. We decided we'd declare and try and bowl them out, and we did that which is fantastic. We've obviously had a lot of doubters over the last month leading into this and as a group there's a good feeling there that we've got a point to prove.