Ashes 2019 | Have to deal with pain and move on from Headingley loss, says Tim Paine

England and Ben Stokes have made a habit of breaking the hearts of their opponents. Last month, it was New Zealand in the World Cup final, and on Sunday, it was their Trans-Tasman rivals Australia. After accounting for four early scalps after lunch, it looked like Australia were well and truly on their way to retaining the Ashes, but a stupendous effort from Stokes ensured that England marginally edged their rivals and kept their Ashes hopes alive.

Reflecting on the defeat, Australian skipper Tim Paine revealed that his team will not have time to ponder over the defeat and that they'll have to move on and shift their focus to the Manchester Test. 

Paine also said that he consoled Nathan Lyon post the fumbled run-out and asked him to move on from the incident as quickly as possible in order to set an example for the youngers. 

"It hurts, deal with it, move on. And we turn up to Manchester or our next training session in a much better frame of mind, rather than have guys sulking or whatever you want to call it," Paine told cricket.com.au.

"I said to him (Lyon) that if our players see him dealing with it really quickly and moving on, then our younger players are going to do the same thing," he added.

He also revealed that the off-spinner was extremely disappointed post the missed chance, but insisted that it was important to stick together as a team and walk off together instead of singling out individuals for their shortcomings. 

"Gazza is obviously extremely disappointed, but no one's perfect. People make mistakes," Paine said.

"The important thing is that when it happens, you cop it on the chin You hold your head up, you stick together as a team and walk off together.

"Those losses hurt and you are allowed to show that but ... (if) you let things drag on and you get caught up in the emotion, it is just wasted energy," he added.

When quizzed about the incorrect LBW decision which eventually cost Australia the match, Paine said that the umpires weren't to blame and instead brought to the fore his own problems when it came to the usage of DRS, stating that his team would be better off focusing only on the things they can control.

"I have no issue with that, we can't control that," Paine said. "I don't think I've got a referral correct the whole series so I can't sit here and bag the umpires and again we have got to focus on what we can control and umpiring decisions isn't one of them," he said.