England are unlikely to tinker with their side for the second Ashes Test against Australia starting in Brisbane next week despite being thumped in the opening match, their former fast bowler James Anderson said.

England deployed a pace heavy attack in Perth and bowled out the hosts for 132 in their first innings, with skipper Ben Stokes picking up five wickets, but they went on lose the extraordinary clash inside two days.

A Travis Head knock in the second innings took the sting out of the tourists’ bowling unit with the Australia opener scoring the only century of the match to script an eight-wicket win.

“The all-pace attack 100% worked in the first innings. We landed a few blows,” England’s all-time leading test wicket-taker Anderson said on the BBC’s Tailenders podcast.

“I think that will be in their heads and I would not be surprised at all if we went with the same side.

“I just wonder whether we lack a nuance with a bit of something different and a change of pace, whether that is a spinner or a slightly different pacer.”

Australia’s pacemen tore through England’s batting order twice to set up a modest chase of 205, which they completed late on day two, and Anderson said the bowling unit became more predictable as the match progressed.

“Head knew they were bowling short, so he just sat on the back foot and hit his areas,” the 43-year-old added.

“There was no frontline spinner to just bowl four overs and change the pace of the game and make it slightly different for Head and give him something else to think about.”

England have won only three series in Australia in the last 50 years, the last in 2010-11. They have not won a single Test match Down Under since.

Perth pitch rated ‘very good’

The Perth Stadium pitch that saw Australia complete a thumping eight-wicket Ashes win inside two days over England has earned the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) highest rating, Cricket Australia said on Thursday.

The ICC match referee gave the surface a “very good” rating, denoting good carry, limited seam movement and consistent early bounce despite the rapid finish to the series-opener.

“The match referee’s ‘very good’ rating justifies our belief Perth Stadium produced a pitch that provided a fair balance between bat and ball,” CA chief of cricket James Allsopp said in a statement.

“The dominance of some brilliant pace bowling from both sides and the frenetic nature of the contest meant the match lasted only two days.

“This was disappointing for fans holding tickets for days three and four, but we saw some incredible moments.”

Australia took a 1-0 lead in the five-Test series after their fast bowlers tore through England twice, setting up a modest chase completed late on day two with the help of a match-winning century by Travis Head.

With day three a sell-out, Cricket Australia missed out on millions of dollars in revenue from ticket sales, while tens of thousands of fans were left at a loose end.

Some good came from the rapid finish, though, with Perth Stadium donating hundreds of kilogrammes of surplus food to people in need.

The second Test starts in Brisbane from December 4.