England down on confidence: Alastair Cook

Opener Alastair Cook has admitted England's confidence will need to be rebuilt a little after they were bowled out twice in under 100 overs on their way to a 267-run trouncing in less than three-and-a-half days in Perth.
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Cook insisted while England's batsmen are down, they are certainly not out with the series level at 1-1 with two Tests to play.

"As a batting unit, we took a little bit of a confidence hit in this game," admitted Cook.

"But we only have to look a week or so before, we scored a lot of runs against this attack, so we have to remain in that confidence. We've got to trust ourselves first and foremost and our training methods over the next couple of days are important to that." Cook said there had been a few home truths shared at a post-match meeting at the team hotel in the hours after England's loss. "We had a good meeting after the game, a good honest meeting and you know we discussed a few things.

"We put Perth to bed and now we go to Melbourne as a confident side, which I think we can do because of what we have achieved so far on this tour," Cook said.