Hopefully it will add some layers to their character and not scars, said Justin Langer, specifically about the mauling Australia suffered in the Trent Bridge ODI but in general about the whole tour of England, where they won nothing and lost all six fixtures.
The tour ended on Wednesday with England winning the one-off T20I by 28 runs to add to their 5-0 sweep of the T20I series. England had many batting stars – as has been the norm in recent times – in putting up 221-5 and then stopped Australia on 193 despite captain Aaron Finch’s 41-ball 84.
“I knew it was going to be a big job, knowing where we came from in South Africa,” said Langer. “But it hurts when you get beaten, particularly in England.
“If Steve Smith and David Warner and Mitch Marsh, Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc come back in, all of a sudden, you’ve got 800 games of experience again and we’ve got a lot more experienced team,” pointed out Langer.
“And if some of these young guys who are gaining some experience here, or the guys who have taken it up – Shaun Marsh in the one-day series, he scored two hundreds, Ashton Agar has been really good with the ball and shown a lot with the bat, Billy Stanlake has had some good games.
“If we can get some of those guys learning and growing and if some of the other guys are available, who knows what could happen in 12 months’ time? It’s a fact of life. We don’t know what’s going to happen in 12 months. That will just be natural if some of those more senior players come back in the team, that’s just reality.”
