Melbourne: After Australia’s World Cup campaign came to an end, their all focus has now shifted on the upcoming Ashes series. Coach Langer is optimistic of David Warner and Steve Smith doing well in the series.
“Hopefully they get up to speed like they did with the white ball. They’re both absolute professionals, they’re very talented, they’re great players. They’ll get back into that. Regardless of the colour of the ball, they’ll both be fine,” said Langer. Warner and Smith displayed scintillating performance in the premier tournament. Moreover, Warner was the second highest run-getter of the tournament as he amassed 647 runs, only one run behind Rohit Sharma, who tops the list.
However, Australia faced a semi-final exit from the tournament at the hands of their Ashes rivals, England, on July 11.
Australia faced a lot of problems while selecting the World Cup squad and they are going to face this problem once again ahead of the Ashes as there are many players who are giving tough competition to each other. Prior to the Ashes series, Australia will play against Australia A on July 23-26 in Southampton. Ashes series will commence from August 1. (ANI)
