“I am devastated we’ve lost that game, but in terms of what it’s done for the series, it’s hard to not be too disappointed because it has set up a great series,” he said. 

“It’s not a psychological blow at all. We’ve lost, but if you look at the way we’ve played, compared to how the last few Ashes series have gone, it proves what we’re capable of doing against Australia. 

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“Losing sucks but the way we applied ourselves literally from ball one proves we’re able to stand up to Australia...we’ve got four games left and that’s what we’re going to be concentrating on.”

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