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Coach Brendon McCullum reiterated his privation for England to instrumentality to their attacking benignant aft the drawn Ashes but said they person "refined" their attack done the series.
The hosts stuck to the benignant utilized since McCullum and skipper Ben Stokes took complaint past year, adjacent aft they fell 2-0 down aft 2 Tests.
"For america that is our champion accidental of winning," said McCullum.
"From our constituent of presumption the astir pleasing facet is erstwhile we were nether the astir unit astatine 2-0 down we stayed existent to that and were capable to manufacture immoderate results that allowed america to locomotion distant astatine 2-2."
Australia, who clasp the urn arsenic holders aft the draw, won a melodramatic bid opener astatine Edgbaston by 2 wickets - a Test that included a bold England declaration connected time 1 and the dependable nonaccomplishment of wickets successful the 2nd innings arsenic the hosts looked to property the crippled on.
The biggest disapproval of their benignant came successful the archetypal innings of the 2nd Test erstwhile Ollie Pope, Joe Root and Ben Duckett were each retired attacking abbreviated balls successful a 43-run defeat.
But England deed backmost successful a choky three-wicket triumph astatine Headingley earlier dominating with a superb, attacking show successful Manchester, lone for rainfall to mean they had to settee for a draw.
At The Oval connected Monday they completed different nervy triumph arsenic Stuart Broad bowled England to triumph to contradict Australia successful pursuit of 384.
"What we are trying to bash is let ourselves to get successful a abstraction successful our ain minds wherever it allows your endowment to travel out," said McCullum.
"If you're weighed down by fearfulness of nonaccomplishment oregon by outer sound each you're doing is suffocating that talent. So it's arsenic elemental arsenic that.
"Sometimes we'll get the equilibrium incorrect with the benignant we play but you've got teams bully capable to basal up to you and marque you wage erstwhile the clip comes and Australia did that successful the archetypal mates of Test matches.
"But we refined it somewhat arsenic the bid wore on."
'Broad and Moeen's legacies volition transportation on'
Monday's finale marked the extremity of Broad's career, portion Moeen Ali, who took a important 3-76 portion battling a groin injury, confirmed his Test retirement, having returned to regenerate injured spinner Jack Leach successful the series.
"We'll miss them, but they person near a immense imprint connected the side," said New Zealander McCullum, whose grounds present stands astatine 13 wins from 18 Tests aft being appointed successful May past year.
"It's been large to person them astir and I'm definite their legacies volition transportation connected to the adjacent generation."
McCullum besides praised openers Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett, who impressed with 480 and 321 runs respectively successful the series.
"Ben Duckett's turned into a truly superior subordinate astatine the apical of the bid for us," said McCullum.
"He's had a large bid and touching connected Zak, coming into the bid helium was nether rather a batch of pressure.
"Then 480 runs astatine a onslaught complaint of astir 90 against the champion bowling onslaught successful the world, against the Dukes shot successful an Ashes series, radical don't bash that, you know?
"We've seen idiosyncratic truly turn and mature implicit the past six weeks oregon so."
England's adjacent red-ball duty is not until January, erstwhile their 'Bazball' attack volition beryllium fixed different pugnacious introspection with a five-Test bid successful India.
"There'll beryllium antithetic challenges for each subordinate of the squad and the coaching unit implicit the adjacent small while," added McCullum.
"What volition beryllium truly important for the clip India comes volition beryllium trying to dial backmost into what we've achieved successful the past 14-15 months and to effort and marque definite the squad turns up with the aforesaid clarity of thought erstwhile we spell astir things.
"Until past I'm definite the boys volition person a bully time, they'll people immoderate runs, instrumentality immoderate wickets and we'll each marque immoderate birdies."
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