Marnus Labuschagne has put a pin in the hype around England's first Test performance, warning Australia were also well below their best in the thrilling two-wicket victory.
The mood in England has remained one of celebration after Edgbaston, with coach Brendon McCullum telling players he felt like they'd won the Test rather than lost it.
Players have done radio slots where their style of play has been celebrated, while Ben Stokes has argued that Bazball has got England closer to Australia than in the past.
Outspoken quick Ollie Robinson has also fired several shots, claiming he was surprised by how defensive Australia were and that the tourists needed to change their game to win the series.
Labuschagne has other ideas ahead of the second Test at Lord's.
While he admitted he had enjoyed watching England's fearless approach as a cricket fan, he pointed out Australia still had several levels of improvement in front of them.
"It’s exciting, it’s entertaining, it’s good to watch, but at the end of the day we played pretty under par to what I think the standard of our team is at," Labuschgane said.
"From a batting point of view Uz (Usman Khawaja) was outstanding but I think most of the other batters, we want to be better than that standard. Actually Alex Carey was very good as well.
"And from a bowling perspective ... you come in with all these plans of how you’re going to do it, but until you experience it, it is very hard to say okay, we’re going to do this.
"The thought was how are they going to do it against our bowlers and they showed they can do it. But with a wicket that might have a little bit more in it what’s it going to look like?
"We walked away from the first Test 1-0 up and that’s a positive sign for use because I don’t think we played at our best."
Labuschagne also questioned how safe England's method of batting was, after even their most conventional batsman Joe Root attempted reverse-scoops at Edgbaston.
Root scored an unbeaten 118 in the first innings, but was out for 46 in the second innings jumping down the deck and tyring to take down Nathan Lyon.
"Him playing that method and those shots are keeping us in the game," Labuschagne said.
"I use that second innings as an example. He probably had an opportunity to shut us out and take the game away from us completely.
"He played an unbelievable innings but he ended up getting 46 and if turns into 80-plus we’re chasing 300 and that’s going to be a pretty big effort.
"That’s the benefit for us the way they’re playing."
