Australia coach Andrew McDonald backed Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne to rebound from rare twin failures in the opening Ashes test, but said it was a positive sign that his team could still win without getting hefty contributions from them.
"We've got some areas we can improve, there's some growth within the team and there's two obvious ones." Australia's coaching staff will be there to offer advice but McDonald expects the pair to work out their own solutions in net sessions.
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