Mistakes are costing us - Colly

Twice England's bowlers have restricted the Australians to reasonable scores and twice the batsmen have lost their way in pursuit.

"We definitely should have won both games. We didn't take advantage of the position we were in," said Collingwood. "In both games, we have bowled pretty well but we must be honest with ourselves. We're getting ourselves into winning positions and not taking them. That's up to the top six batters to put in the performances, and at the moment we're not."

He added: "If you could put your finger on why, we'd have done a lot better.

"I wouldn't say all the batters are out of form or anything like that - we're just making mistakes at crucial times out in the middle."

Some shoddy shot selection altered the momentum of the second match at Lord's and England's poor position was then compounded by a calamitous run-out between Collingwood and Owais Shah.

"That's an area that myself and Owais must sort out together - the calling between the wickets," said Collingwood.

"It's an important area of the game, sneaking singles, pushing for twos and things like that.

"You must gain an understanding. Whoever you are batting with, you gauge singles on how quick both of you are.

"It's not a case of I'm quicker than him and that's the reason we're getting run out. It's about communication more than anything."