Defeated in the tri-series final this weekend by an astute Pakistan outfit, Australia finished their six-week winter stint with three wins from 11 internationals, with two of those victories coming against the tournament’s second-string hosts, Zimbabwe.

Beaten and bruised by South Africa in a Test series marred by the now famous ball-tampering scandal, and then by the world’s finest ODI outfit in England, Langer has still extracted the positives, insisting it’s been a learning experience that will benefit his players in the long run.

Langer has hinted that Aaron Finch, who has risen to the top of the ICC T20 batting rankings, will take over the captaincy duties in ODIs, leaving Tim Paine to focus on the Test leadership.

“He has done really well this series,” Langer said of his T20 skipper. “I said when I was appointed that after this tour we would have a really close look at everything we are doing, from leadership, which is such an incredibly high priority for Australian cricket, so we’ll look at that. Finchy has certainly put his best foot forward.”