Scotland can 'learn massively' despite 3-0 series defeat

The results from Scotland's T20 bid conclusion by Australia connote a one-sided title - 3 games wherever nan favourites won comfortably and comparatively fewer surprises were thrown up.

But, for Scotland, a bilateral bid against a squad of Australia's calibre is truthful uncommon that nan defeats are almost immaterial.

It exposes Scotland's players to a modular of cricket that tin only use them, providing learnings for erstwhile they travel up against nan large boys successful tourney cricket.

Youngsters for illustration Charlie Tear and Jack Jarvis were fixed crippled clip - alongside seasoned performers for illustration George Munsey and Mark Watt - arsenic portion of a conscious effort to hole for nan future.

Head coach Doug Watson says nan results will sting but he expects Scotland to turn from nan experience.

"The 3-0 conclusion is frustrating and nan guys will beryllium disappointed because they are proud, but location person been a batch of things we tin study from," Watson said.

"We cognize that playing against world people opposition, your margins are truthful small. From a batting perspective, it was astir partnerships. In each 3 games, we didn't get a 40-run partnership; it was thing they did well.

"We chopped and changed rather a bit, which we don't usually do. We gave group different opportunities truthful they tin beryllium exposed to this level."

One man to radiance pinch nan bat for Scotland was Brandon McMullen, whose estimation has only been boosted aft 2 half-centuries successful this series.

The 24-year-old looked wholly unfazed by coming up against large sanction bowlers and Watson says nan entity is nan limit for nan South Africa-born talent.

"He useful difficult connected his game, he is very reflective, he is very calm and he wants to beryllium brilliant," Watson said. "He played immoderate outstanding shots and he showed his people again."

The past clip Australia were successful Edinburgh successful 2013, Scotland were scraping to a not dissimilar full successful a one-day international, which highlights conscionable really acold they person developed arsenic a cricketing nation.

They person showed successful caller years they are tin of not conscionable competing against Test-playing nations but beating them too, pinch West Indies, Bangladesh, Zimbabwe and Ireland each falling unfortunate to nan Scots successful nan shortest format of nan game.

Getting Australia to circuit Edinburgh was thing of a coup successful itself, but nan dream now is that this bid is not a one-off and different apical nations will travel to Scotland successful nan summers to come.

"It was a awesome opportunity to spot immoderate of our younger guys astatine this level," spinner Mark Watt said. "We've progressed and learned from each game. It is simply a 3-0 loss, but a batch to study from it.

"A batch of nan boys are going to study massively from this. We're delighted nan Aussies made nan effort to travel present and hopefully we tin get much and much bigger nations to come."

Watson added: "We want to play much apical people teams. We tin besides hole amended for games for illustration this truthful we deed nan crushed better. Be imaginative successful our reasoning truthful we're much ready."

With patient crowds packed into nan Grange for each 3 games - contempt immoderate typically Scottish upwind - Watt hopes nan bid has gone immoderate measurement to "inspire" nan adjacent generation.

"It shows nan level we request to get to," he added. "We ever opportunity arsenic a squad what we want to do is animate a federation and nan much days for illustration this pinch 3,000-4,000 group astatine nan Grange, you're going to animate a batch much kids.

"That’s what we want to do and having chances against Australia is going to supply a batch of belief for younger group watching us."

Cameron Green is simply a proven performer for Australia pinch some bat and shot and was a cardinal portion of nan visitors' bid victory. Despite nan margins of victory, he says results were ne'er taken for granted.

"We cognize really vulnerable Scotland tin be," Green said. "Munsey astatine nan apical is simply a bully subordinate who tin return nan crippled distant from you and McMullen played beautifully nan past 3 games.

"We knew coming complete we needed to beryllium astatine our champion to triumph these games, truthful we're evidently proud of winning 3-0, but each nan games were adjacent astatine immoderate point."

The Australia squad person sampled each that Scotland has to offer, pinch play and whisky tours accompanying nan on-field action, and Green says being successful Edinburgh earlier a bid against England has been beneficial.

"It's been unreal," he said. "All of america person appreciated coming complete early, adjusting to clip zones and having a spot much downtime.

"The guys person enjoyed coming complete early and playing Scotland. I dream it's thing we tin do again successful nan future."