No quick fix for batting collapses: Clarke Captain Michael Clarke says there's no immediate antidote to Australia's epidemic of crippling batting collapses. Australia have shown during this Ashes series that their bowling attack is competitive with any in the world, but results prove the quicks are unable to carry the burden of the batting side failing. In the past three years Australia have been bowled out for sub 240 scores on 15 occasions, with one win and 14 losses. Quite simply, if the batting order capitulates, Australia can't overcome it. In nine innings they've been skittled for less than 200 and have finished winless in each of those matches. It's a damning statistic which is only getting worse, with 30 per cent of Australia's batting performances this year finishing with less than 240 on the board for zero wins. Clarke has scored only two half centuries in all of these collapses to suggest if the skipper doesn't fire, Australia are odds on to roll over. Australia's best batsman says there's no quick fix and called on teammates to not lose faith. "All I can ask from the players is that they try and get better every day," Clarke said. If they do that, that will make us a better team. That's all I can ask. We are working exceptionally hard. Looking back it seems it was July 2010 when the wheels started really falling off for the Australian batting. That was when Australia won the toss and batted against Pakistan at Leeds and were rolled for 88. Since then the most embarrassing lowlights have included the 47 at Cape Town, the 98 against England at the MCG, the 128 at Lord's during this Ashes and the 136 against New Zealand at Hobart. Although Australia eventually made it to 224 in their second innings of the fourth Test at Chester-le-Street which finished this week, the total doesn't tell the story of the carnage in the middle-order and the opportunity that was lost after an opening stand of 109. Australian coach Darren Lehmann said players quite simply needed to learn from their mistakes or soon they wouldn't be playing Test cricket. "We didn't learn from Trent Bridge when we got bowled out in similar circumstances," Lehmann, said of their first innings of the first Test when 98 from Ashton Agar batting at No.11 lifted them from 9-117. From our point of view the blokes have got to learn. If they don't learn we will find blokes that will. I think the bowlers have done a really good job throughout the series to get the wickets we needed to get but on the batting side, simply we've lost clumps of wickets and haven't played the way we want to play. Lehmann blamed shot selection rather than panic at Chester-le-Street when Australia lost 8-56 after being 2-168. But he conceded Australia have forgotten how to win the big moments. He said too many players are playing across the line instead of straight. "It's a pretty simple game complicated by too many people," Lehmann said. Australia will have one-day series in the UK and in India before the Ashes return bout at home this summer, but Lehmann is confident he will have the time he needs to prepare and re-focus his batsmen. Leading into the fifth Ashes Test at The Oval starting next week, Australia have a two-day tour match in Northampton. Fast bowlers Peter Siddle, Ryan Harris and veteran wicketkeeper Brad Haddin will be given the week off and will head early to London.