England captain Brook urges players to move on from Perth loss
Debutant Mahli Beardman took 6-24 as England were bowled out for 131 in Perth, and the second one-day international is in Adelaide on Sunday.
England captain Harry Brook has urged his players to move on quickly from their seven-wicket defeat by Australia in Perth on Friday, Cricket Australia said in a statement.
England were dismissed for 131 in 33.4 overs at Optus Stadium, and Australia chased the target down with 159 balls to spare to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.
Debutant pace bowler Mahli Beardman took 6-24 for Australia, while captain Mitch Marsh made 50 off 30 balls in reply.
Brook said his message to the squad was simple and direct.
"Don't dwell on it too much," Brook said.
He added that a team usually learns more from defeats than from victories, and that players should talk as a group and seek individual conversations to find positives from the game.
Brook noted that white-ball cricket moves fast, so teams must be ready to put a loss behind them quickly.
England were 8-65 at one stage, with Beardman dismissing key batters including Brook and Joe Root.
Brook said the result was not the one England wanted but that the series was still open.
"I know we haven't got the result that we came for, but we're still in the series," Brook said.
He pointed to England's recent history of recovering from a 1-0 deficit to win a series and said that was the main aim now.
Brook said he was happy with the team's preparations, which included a practice match against Western Australia, and was not sure whether poor decision-making caused the batting collapse.
He said Australia had bowled well and had challenged England around the top of the stumps, adding that his side had not executed well enough.
The second one-day international is at Adelaide Oval on Sunday, starting at 2:30pm AEDT, with the third match at Bellerive Oval in Hobart on Nov. 18.
Five Twenty20 internationals follow, beginning at the MCG on Nov. 21 and ending at Manuka Oval on Dec. 2.
The 50-over format has become less prominent on the international calendar, but England are treating this series with respect ahead of the ODI World Cup in Africa, which is 11 months away.
