Pope not void of confidence - Trescothick

Ollie Pope has not "got to the point where he is void of confidence", according to England assistant coach Marcus Trescothick.

Pope is yet to score a half-century in eight Tests against Australia and was dismissed for just three on the second day of the third Test as England closed on 213-8, trailing by 158 runs.

Speaking to Test Match Special, Trescothick said: "I don't think it has got to that point where he is void of confidence. He didn't get the runs he wanted to get and found it tough.

"It goes like that if you get a couple of low scores - the pressure comes on. He will still work hard overnight and come back tomorrow with a game plan and then try to put that into place."

Reflecting on the match situation, Trescothick added: "We have a bit of work to do tomorrow to get to a total that we're happy with and feel like we can compete in the second innings.

"I know we have talked about it before that we haven't been good enough for long enough in certain periods.

"We are looking at it hard, and we're trying to find solutions. We have got to be better for longer and keep sustaining our approach and our attitude at what we're trying to do.

"We have tried to adjust. We're always trying to be positive, we're always trying to apply pressure back into the game and get ahead of games. And put ourselves in the front seat.

"Sometimes you have to adapt, you can see the way Ben has played today. He has decided to play in that fashion. Other times we are aggressive, and we try to put the opposition on the back foot."