“Everybody on the team is going to take something home that they can work on when we get back here in September, so it's going to be very useful for us,” Healy said. “The results went our way but from a big picture perspective, and what we've been building up to in September, October, I think we've got everything we can out of this series.”
“It's obviously great to have someone like Tay Back, she's a real point of difference in world cricket, the sheer pace she bowls and the consistency of Soph Molyneux is outstanding so they're both real attributes to our team,” Healy said.
“We've had different players of the match and different players of the series across the two series, so that's really nice. Everyone stepped up and took chances when they needed to.”
Despite convincing margins of victory in all six games, Healy felt his side were under pressure from the home side. He took 4 for 48 and 7 for 146 in the first ODI and the lower order lifted him to strong totals and struggled to score 155 from 98 for 5 in the final T20I.
“They (Bangladesh) challenged our batting line-up, especially with the ball,” he said. “He will be a real threat at the World Cup. The home conditions are a real advantage and I think the team will fly under the radar a little bit. He will be a real threat to some of the top teams.”
The conditions, particularly the heat, pushed the visitors with Healy preparing for the World Cup, although the opening pitches of the tournament were not expected to take the drastic turn seen at times in this series. Australia will split their matches between Dhaka and Sylhet, which are not part of this tour.
“We've heard it (the heat) is going to be even worse in September, October so we'll have to wait and see what it throws at us out there,” Healy said. “Being an ICC event naturally, I think the wickets will start to get really good throughout the tournament.”
The central contract list will be announced early next week, but the players themselves have time off after a hectic season that has included series against the West Indies, India and South Africa in the WBBL and, for many, the WPL.
They return in September to lead up to the World Cup with a T20I series against New Zealand, which is directly followed by the WBBL. They will then host India in December and travel to New Zealand before Christmas before the multiformat Ashes in January.
“We've had a good break right now. Our group is looking forward to going home and having a good chance to take some time off and refresh and get ourselves right at the end of the year. For us,” Healy said.