Australia coach Justin Langer maintains there are some positives to take from his side’s winless cricket tour of England.

A 28-run defeat in the one-off T20 international at Edgbaston came on the back of a 5-0 ODI series loss to a rampant home side, which has become a formidable white ball outfit with bat and ball.

With several players unavailable due to suspension and injury, an inexperienced Australia was ruthlessly put to the sword.

But Langer said he hoped the squad would have learned many lessons from the old enemy, just 11 months before the World Cup.

“There’s light at the end of the tunnel, there’s no doubt about that,” Langer said.

Liam Plunkett celebrates taking the winning wicket against Australia. Photo: Getty

“There’s been some great learning and some real positives that have come from this trip.

“On the surface it looks like a complete disaster but we have talked about a team for the World Cup and the Ashes and I think we have unlocked a few answers.

“But it hurts when you get beaten, particularly in England.”

Australia has struggled against England spinners Moeen Ali and Adil Rashid throughout the tour. The pair took four wickets between them in Birmingham, in addition to the 24 they snared in the ODI series.

Langer conceded it is a problem that has to be resolved, and said that will come only from confronting quality spin head on.

“We’ve talked about this for so long in Australian cricket, we’ve won in India once in 45 years and, to be fair, Moeen and Rashid have bowled very well,” he said.

“We’re very aware that we have to get better at it. Playing spin in Australia is so different to other places in the world.

He said it was important to give younger players experience playing spin.

“We go to India for an Australia A tour in a month’s time. The only way to get better at it is to actually do it,” Langer said.

“We’re very aware of it; we are not shying away from it.

“I have great respect for the England team and their spinners. They are showing our young guys what you have to do to be successful at international cricket – and I can’t believe I am even saying that.”

-AAP