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IAN Bell has urged England's selectors to give the same players a chance to redeem themselves in the final two Tests despite their 3-0 Ashes humiliation.
England are in danger of a 5-0 whitewash after Australia wrapped up the series so emphatically in Perth.
And while Bell admits England have been outplayed in all departments and deserve to be 3-0 down, he has cautioned against making wholesale changes to the long-established team.
"I think the management will be very careful on those decisions," said Bell, who is an ESPNcricinfo columnist.
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"It's very easy to make rash decisions when you're quite emotional and things have happened quickly, but I believe there are some very good players here.
"You don't become a bad player overnight and I believe this team still has a lot of good cricket to play over the years. Things haven't gone right here, but they've been doing a lot of good things for a long time and that doesn't change things.
"We're still a very good Test side and we certainly don't want to lose 5-0."
The result has been a reality check for England. They arrived in Australia on the back of three consecutive Ashes wins and rightfully expected to at least compete for a fourth.
That didn't happen and now, with the urn gone, Bell says England will have to take a tip from the Australians.
"I don't think there's any embarrassment in the fact that we've been outplayed, but now we've got to react in a good way and then try and get better as quick as we can," Bell said.
"We have been a good Test side for a while, but maybe we need to start improving. That's the reality we've been hit with. Yes, we've done well, we've won three Ashes on the bounce, but Australia have come back better and stronger and that's what we have to do now - exactly what Australia has done, we have to react.
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"These two games are important for us as a team going forward."
England will be desperate to avoid a repeat of the 2006-07 Ashes series when they were beaten 5-0.
Bell admits it will be a huge test of their character, but they don't have any other option but to show some fight in Melbourne and Sydney.
"If you can't get yourself up for a Boxing Day Test at the MCG, or a New Year's Test at the SCG, then you're never going to get yourself up for any Test match," he said.
"When you're in this position, for me, there's no alternative. You've got to go out there and fight and scrap and try and do as well as you possibly can.
"You can't run away from these things and sometimes it happens at this level of sport. You want to win every series you're involved in, but the reality is that's not going to happen. We're playing against a very good Australian side and we've been outplayed.
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"The important thing for us now as a group is to show a bit of character. The reality is the series is gone, but we've got two games to play for. The important thing for us is to make sure we do the right things in Melbourne and if we can do that right then we'll do the right things in Sydney."
Australia's turnaround might seem remarkable since the Lord's Test against England when they lost by 347 runs and were themselves expected to lose 5-0, but Bell hasn't been surprised by their response at home.
"They're a very good side with Darren Lehmann and Michael Clarke leading that camp," he said.
"It doesn't surprise me because, to be honest, in England it was a lot closer than what people gave Australia credit for. But the important thing is we won the key sessions in England and unfortunately we haven't even got close to competing in the key sessions here on this tour, so we're going to have to improve."
* Ian Bell will be writing exclusively throughout the Ashes series for the leading cricket website www.espncricinfo.com
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