The Ashes:Australia captain Ricky Ponting hopes the drawn opening match of the Ashes in Cardiff can galvanise his team. His side were just one wicket away from success yesterday and Ponting believes the performance is a boost not a blow.
In 2005, England took heart after getting so close to victory at Old Trafford and won the next Test.
"We have to realise how well we have played," said Ponting, as the tourists headed to London for Thursday's second Test.
"It will be hard for the players to see because we they will be disappointed we didn't win.
"But as a batting group we delivered and our bowlers toiled away and worked exceptionally hard on a surface that offered nothing.
"I am certainly not looking at this game as a let down. From the point we started batting I thought there was only one team that could win the game.
"With one hour left on the final day, everybody present thought we were going to achieve that victory, and there were so many positives from this game."
Australia piled up 674 for six declared, their highest score against England for 75 years and took 19 wickets in the match but ultimately came out with the same to show for it as their opponents.
Ponting was nevertheless keen to claim the psychological advantage despite England being boosted by their great escape.
"They can be happy with what they have done, only losing seven wickets in 98 overs on the final day, but I am not sure they will look at it like a win," he said. "They are not 1-0 up and had been outplayed for four days in this Test match. We know what we have done well here.
"All I have heard from commentators over the last few days is about the selection changes England have to make for next week. How they have to change things to make things right."
The most immediate thing for England to address is a failure to turn starts into hundreds.
Australia in comparison managed four in their innings - an Ashes record for them - to set up the victory bid.
"That is something we, as a batting group, are aware of every game, regardless of where you are playing or what the conditions are," said Marcus North, one of the centurions.
"If you get in make sure you continue on and get a hundred. If you get a hundred try to get a big hundred. We saw Ricky do that and how determined he was to do that.
"Looking back at England's innings maybe that is something they might have looked at and thought 'gee, that is an area we have let ourselves down in'.
"They scored 435 but if one of those blokes had got a big hundred it might have been a bit different."