England opener Mark Stoneman warned England must eliminate "sloppy" batting and start making big hundreds after failing to turn starts into triple figures on day one of an Ashes warm-up against a Cricket Australia XI.
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Opening batsman Stoneman (61) was one of three England batsmen to make half centuries alongside Dawid Malan (63) and captain Joe Root (58).
James Vince (33) and Chris Woakes (33) also made starts before losing their wickets, while Alastair Cook only managed 15 as England closed on 8-278 on the first of four days in Adelaide.
And Stoneman says there are plenty of lessons to be learned.
"Some of the dismissals we had were a touch on the sloppy side, so it was a little bit frustrating more than anything that we didn't kick on and probably have a couple of hundreds scored out there," he said.
"Everyone got a bit of time in the middle, so that was encouraging - but we also need to be scoring hundreds, and big hundreds.
"So there are lessons to be learned."
The five-Test Ashes series gets underway on November 23 at the Gabba.