02-09-2020 19:30 via theguardian.com

Australia's evolution under Justin Langer continues as painful memories surface | Adam Collins

The disastrous post-sandpaper scandal tour to England of 2018 serves as a useful reference point for the progress made by this teamAs far as meaningless white-ball series are concerned, Australia’s 2018 trip to England lives long in the memory. The first time the national side convened since the sandpaper fiasco four months earlier, they were duly annihilated by the world’s top-ranked ODI team – whitewashed five-nil, coughing up a world-record 481 in Nottingham, and then hammer
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