Paine, leading an inexperienced side without the services of three frontline fast bowlers – Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins – and two of their most experienced batsmen – Steve Smith and David Warner – hopes that the 242-run defeat, Australia’s heaviest ever, will be a learning experience for his players.

“When we are out there it’s all about staying as calm and as clear as possible,” Paine said. “And that can be really difficult for a bowler when you are getting smacked around the ground and the crowd is going berserk. It can be hard to stay on track and even the simplest plans can be forgotten.”

On a wicket tailor-made for batting, Paine won the toss and elected to bowl first, thereby giving England the chance to set a target, which they did in style. However, Paine didn’t believe that the toss and any effect on the game’s outcome.

“Hindsight is a wonderful thing but I don’t think the conditions or the wicket or what we did first had anything to do with that result,” Paine said. “Certainly, through batting or bowling first or second, the wicket was still terrific when we batted, we just didn’t execute well with either.”

Australia have now lost 16 out of their last 18 ODIs and a fourth bilateral series in a row. Next up is the game in Chester-le-Street, where they will have a chance to get on the scoreboard, but they will have plenty of course-correction to do to get one over England.