Strauss eyes ODI riposte

England have little time to dwell on their 3-0 Test series whitewash reverse with a four-match ODI series against Pakistan set to begin next week.

And while Strauss has called time on his one-day career, he has urged his international colleagues to kick the losing habit when they resume battle with Pakistan in Abu Dhabi.

"It's important that the guys who are here for the one-dayers allow that format of the game to help them rediscover form," he said.

Failures

"Those of us who aren't involved in the one-dayers (must) start turning our attention towards Sri Lanka and the particular challenges that's going to hold for us.

"They won't be the same as here. They might be similar, but they'll be slightly different."

"It's important that the guys who are here for the one-dayers allow that format of the game to help them rediscover form."
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England's Test disappointments in the United Arab Emirates have been almost exclusively down to batting failures against Pakistan spin, in alien conditions.

And, with a two-Test series against Sri Lanka just around the corner, Strauss believes it is imperative England learn from their mistakes as soon as possible.

"We need to learn the lessons from this, but we don't need to dwell on it," he said.

"We've got to sit back and look at the reasons why we did lose, and we've got to look at everything - our preparation, our training, our techniques, temperament issues.

"It would be wrong for us just to ignore all those things, but we've got to remain true as well to what has worked well for us in the past.

"Over the next week or two, I think it will become a bit clearer."

Confidence

Collectively, England simply had no answer to the guile of Saeed Ajmal and Abdur Rehman, who took 43 wickets between them during the Test series.

"The challenges here are quite unique, so you have to adapt," added Strauss.

"Also the Pakistan bowlers in particular are quite unique, a different type of spin bowler.

"It's quite hard to prepare for that without facing them.

"We regret the way we played against them in the first Test, because that allowed their confidence to grow and obviously affected ours to a certain extent.

"I think it's very important we do debrief this tour very thoroughly, as we would do on any tour, and learn some lessons and not walk away from anything if it's staring us in the face.

"But at the same time it's not all doom and gloom. You don't become a bad side overnight."