England lost their opening match to an ACB Chairman's X1 and followed that up with a 'losing draw' to Western Australia in a two-day match.

But Hussain believes their form now doesn't matter as long as his men step it up for the first Test in Brisbane.

Hussain said: "If things were going all jolly at this stage it wouldn't have a bearing on the Test series - and neither should this. At the moment we're being tested on and off the field.

"We got on the wrong end of conditions here - it was a useful toss to win. They bowled well and used the conditions well, and we probably didn't apply ourselves well enough with our batting.

"Early on in the tour we've got a couple more injuries than we'd like, and a couple of people haven't found their footing in Australia.

"We're little bit behind where we'd want to be - these things are sent to test us, and we've got to try and turn it around like we've done in the past.

"We've picked the best players to be here, we've just got to get them fit and improve our basic level of performance that we've done in three days of cricket.

Hussain also confirmed Trescothick's injury is not as big a concern as that of others on the England casualty list.

He added: "He's had it a little while. It's got worse in the last month. But it's better it comes now, and he gets it sorted."