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ENGLAND'S current Ashes dominance was born in the repeated humiliations delivered by Warne, McGrath, Ponting and Co.
Ian Bell, England's middle-order maestro, said the lessons learned, particularly in the 2006-07 whitewash in Australia, still resonate with the current team and has been a catalyst in the turn around as the visitors aim for their fourth successive Ashes win this summer.
"Coming on tours when I started with England it wasn't the feeling of winning a series, it was trying to not make it as bad as it possibly can,'' Bell said yesterday in Hobart preparing for tomorrow's tour game against Australia A.
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"Now, there is no doubt that obviously the one (last series) in England and here we've come as favourites, which is a different pressure all together.
"It is a lot different culture in the English team now, not just against Australia but generally against whoever we play people from our side of things media-wise and people at home expect us to win."
He said the lessons of success were rammed home by the great Australian side that didn't lose an Ashes series from 1989 until 2005 and then retook the prized urn with a drubbing in the '06-07 series.
Bell initially struggled in the Ashes contests, being dubbed "the Sherminator" by perennial England baiter Shane Warne, but has now become arguably the visitors most consistent batsman, highlighted by his series high 562 runs at 62.4 during the winter in England's 3-0 win.
"Certainly in 2005, I think it was my fourth Test match, mentally and technically I wasn't ready for Test cricket but in a way it gave me a good lesson because I was playing against Warne, McGrath, Ponting _ you go from one to 11 (they are all) legends of the game," he said.
"They showed me certainly when we came here and lost 5-0 what proper Test cricket was all about.
"If I wanted to make a career in Test cricket I had to improve in a lot of areas and they were the lessons I took away from it.
"I wouldn't say I looked back with bad memories, they were just massive lessons I learned in my career.
"And I can honestly say I was lucky to play against some of the best players who have ever played the game, hopefully I've tried to learn a little bit from each of those guys and put it into my game."
England did not train yesterday but confirmed captain Alastair Cook and batsman Kevin Pietersen would both play against Australia A after sitting out the tour opener in Perth.
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