Skipper Nasser Hussain believes England must focus on the details of their game if they are to have a chance of fighting back from a 2-0 deficit in the Ashes series.
The tourists slumped to a second innings defeat in Adelaide on Sunday despite having dominated the opening day of the match.
They reached 293 for three at one point in their first innings but collapsed on day two to 342 all out.
"We had our chances on the first day," Hussain said.
"We put ourselves in a good position and then tossed it away to be honest.
"To lose seven for 30-odd on a pretty flat Adelaide wicket second day was pretty poor really."
But Hussain said that Australia were without doubt one of the best teams in the world.
Australian cricket team physiotherapist Errol Alcott says Jason Gillespie's body will handle the rigours of standing up as our Test spearhead once Glenn McGrath calls it a day.
Gillespie, 27, has had to undergo fitness Tests before both Ashes Tests this year after a lingering calf injury.
Alcott said any suggestion the Aussie firebrand was injury-prone should be dispelled by figures which show Gillespie has only missed four of the past 26 Tests.
"As for the suggestion his body seems to be prone to breaking down every now and then, in the last three years Jason's fitness record is pretty good," Alcott said.
"He is what you might call a 'grunt' bowler. He develops a lot of energy at the crease in delivery and is also a tall, strong specimen with long bones and that places its own stresses on the body.
"He hit the international arena early, in 1996, and maybe for a grunt bowler was not fully physically developed.
Australian selectors have named an unchanged 12-man squad for Friday's third Test against England at the WACA Ground in Perth, following Australia's victory by an innings and 51 runs in the second Test in Adelaide.
Australia: Steve Waugh (capt), Matthew Hayden, Justin Langer, Ricky Ponting, Damien Martyn, Darren Lehmann, Adam Gilchrist, Shane Warne, Andrew Bichel, Jason Gillespie, Glenn McGrath, Brett Lee (12th man to be named).
Ricky Ponting's 154 against England in the second Ashes Test here on Saturday was not one of his vintage centuries but it continued a golden run of form.
The national one-day skipper top-scored in Australia's first innings of 552 for nine declared, his third century in three Tests, and his fifth in his past seven matches.
But he said he was far from content with the way he was striking the ball.
"It certainly is very satisfying coming off having made 150, but I still wasn't over the moon with the way I hit the ball," Ponting said after Saturday's third day's play at the Adelaide Oval.
"I probably didn't hit the ball that well this game, there were a lot of mishit shots and things, but I occupied the crease and it was probably that sort of wicket where it was hard to time every ball and hit the ball in the middle of the bat all the time."
