"It was nice to see the Pommies struggle against the left-arm bowlers (Neil Wagner and Trent Boult) - I can tell you that much!
"There's some things we can take away from the English batsmen and the way they got out there.
"Hopefully, New Zealand can get up in the second Test."
Starc observed from the New Zealand Test that successful seam bowling at Lord's relied on one thing - length.
And it's something the bowling unit has been discussing at the team's training camp at Brisbane's Centre of Excellence.
"Obviously, the ball is going to swing a bit more in England ... but the key we can take out of that Test was the length the bowlers bowled and the length that troubled the batsmen most. So that's something we looked at closely as a group and spoke about in Brisbane."
Clarke tried to downplay the relevance of Broad's second-innings 7-44 and Jimmy Anderson's first innings 5-47 against NZ for Australia's under-pressure batsmen.
The skipper said the cooler May weather in London can make for very different conditions to what Australia could face at Lord's in mid-July. And besides, Clarke believes his team have enough to worry about with their own preparation without worrying what England's up to.
However, Clarke concedes handling the moving ball stands as one of his team's greatest challenges in their bid to win back the urn.
"If somebody bowls an amazing spell, you can get knocked over but if you've trained and prepared as well as you possibly can, you're giving yourself the best chance," Clarke said.
"It seemed that Stuart Broad in the second innings bowled a pretty good spell so England deserved a lot of credit.
"We've got to try and find a way to combat that.
"I think (time of year) definitely makes a difference. I saw a forecast the other day that said it was 14 degrees in London. I'm hoping it's not 14 degrees there when we're playing our first Test match."
- AAP