Australia coach Justin Langer said he hoped his side would return a better team come next year's World Cup after going through the "jungle" in their tour of England.
Having been whitewashed 5-0 by England in a preceding one-day international series,
Meanwhile Australia were also without injured Ashes-winning fast bowlers Mitchell Starc, Pat
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"A few of the boys have walked into the jungle and we'll see how they go, not only over the next six months, but over the next two or three or 10 years." And with the likes of fast bowler Billy Stanlake and left-arm spinner Ashton Agar shining amid the gloom of repeated defeats in England, Langer insisted: "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?"