Labuschagne won't overthink 'uncharacteristic' dismissals of 1st Ashes Test

Marnus Labuschagne said he holds himself to a "higher standard" after his struggles in the opening Ashes Test and is looking to rediscover top form in time for the second match at Lord's.

Labuschagne fell for a golden duck in the first innings and scored 13 runs in the second, losing his place at the top of the world Test rankings to England's Joe Root.

Australia won the match by two wickets after a gripping five-day battle at Edgbaston.

"They were very uncharacteristic dismissals to how I've usually played," Labuschagne said.

"That's why I was pretty frustrated with myself to get out that way and asked myself the question, 'Why did I play at those deliveries?'.

"I've come up with my own summation of what that is. Now it's if there's anything I can do tactically or technically to make sure it doesn't happen again.

"It's a rarity that I'd play at those balls, so it's not something I'm going to overthink, but I hold myself to a much higher standard than those dismissals."

Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting backed Labuschagne to return to his best.

"I think he's over complicating things a little bit," Ponting told The ICC Review.

"He has to trust and believe in what's made him the number two-ranked Test batsman in the world for the last couple of years and go back to trusting that.

"I would actually tell him to go and watch some footage and watch some video of when he's actually played his best, and remember those things and go and do that all over again."

Before the beginning of the second Test match at the Lord's, Labuschagne admitted that he enjoys playing and watching England.

"I really enjoy the way they [England] play, I'm not going to lie. As a cricket watcher watching the series prior, I've loved it. I think it's exciting, it's entertaining, it's good to watch, but at the end of the day, we played pretty under par to what I think the standard of our team is at," Labuschagne said as quoted by ESPNcricinfo.

"The thought was how are they going to do it against our bowlers and they showed they can do it, but with a wicket that might have a little bit more in it [at Lord's], what's it going to look like? We walked away from the first Test 1-0 up and that's a positive sign for us because I don't think we played at our best," Labuschagne added.

The second Test starts at Lord's on Wednesday.