Aaron Finch believes Australia's rookie bowlers will benefit from the experience of being put to the sword by England's in-form batsmen.
The world champions need to avoid defeat at Old Trafford on Sunday to prevent a first ever whitewash by England in a series of five matches or more, after a six-wicket loss to Eoin Morgan's side in Durham on Thursday.
Finch and Shaun Marsh scored centuries at the Riverside ground as Australia amassed a score of 8-310 after Tim Paine won the toss and elected to bat.
But it proved to be a comfortable target for the hosts, who eased to victory with 32 balls to spare thanks to an opening stand of 174 from Jason Roy (101) and Jonny Bairstow (79).
Ashton Agar, whose performances with bat and ball have been one of the few positives on a difficult tour, was the pick of the bowlers.
The West Australian finished with figures of 2-48 from his nine overs of spin, but quicks Michael Neser (0-74), Billy Stanlake (1-54) and Jhye RIchardson (0-74) were all dealt with harshly by the home batsmen.
Despite the heavy defeat, Finch said the trio, who have 11 caps between them, will be better for the experience.
"The bowlers are still learning, they're young and inexperienced attack but the last couple of games we've been making the same mistakes, so that's something that we need to look at," Finch said.
"We've been a little bit too wide or too full at different times and not just hanging in there and making them hit really good shots.
"Going forward we've got to commit to our plans for longer and if Hales/Roy/Bairstow get away at the top, they're going to have to play really well against good balls.
"We're just giving them the opportunity to hit a boundary early in their innings, early in an over and really stay on top of our young attack.
"It just feels like we're always chasing the game at the moment.
"There's nowhere to hide in this game, we're playing against the best in the world.
"The learnings will be valuable, whether they're good or not. That's hard to say. But they'll definitely be valuable going forward."
Finch played well for his sixth century against England but admitted he should have stayed at the crease for longer and taken full responsibility for the team not putting on a huge score to challenge England's aggressive approach.
"I could have got us to a lot more. I left a heap out there," he said.
"To get out just past 100 was disappointing when we could have really kicked on and put the foot down in that last 12 or 13 overs.
"I take full responsibility for us not getting 330/340."
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