Captain Alastair Cook has revealed that losing The Ashes "hurts like hell" following England's latest defeat to Australia Down Under.
The tourists were totally dominated in the first and second Tests before Australia secured victory by 150 runs in the third meeting in Perth on Tuesday with two matches to spare and end a run of three-straight defeats when competing for the urn.
"Everyone is hurting now. That happens in sport - there is a winner and a loser and at the moment we are the losing dressing room and it hurts," he told reporters.
"All we can do now is work as hard as we can on our games, then come out on Boxing Day and put in a better performance.
"We've got some good men around us, and we're going to need them in the next week or so. The strategy doesn't change - you approach every game the same. Of course the Ashes are gone, and trust me that hurts like hell."
The win ends Australia's run of 1,577 days without the urn, following England's victory in August 2009.
