He didn’t crack a game, but Lance Morris believes he’s come out of his first Australian tour a better player and person after learning from the best as he eyes an Ashes berth in UK mid-year.

The WA speedster has been around the Aussie setup for eight Tests now - four at home and the last four in India - and made the most of his opportunities to soak it all it from Australian coach Andrew McDonald, assistant coach Daniel Vettori and a star-studded bowling group.

“Leading into this summer, I would’ve never guess I’d be anywhere near that level to be honest,” Morris said.

“To be able to get some knowledge off them and just watch them go about their business over there in different conditions that I haven’t been exposed to before is a huge learning experience.

“It’s just been a period of not competing in cricket and finding a way to get better I guess.

“It’s been a few months of a lot of technical work for me and just trying to iron out a few kinks and things like that so I feel like I’m getting there.

“We had Daniel Vettori there and Andrew McDonald was great as well and the whole bowling squad was amazing, they were very approachable and willing to give some knowledge to me so it was nice.”

Morris, who took 2-52 to help WA to a strong position against Victoria after day one of the Sheffield Shield final at the WACA Ground, is eyeing an English County deal so he’s in the “right place at the right time” for the Ashes.

He’d been linked as an Indian Premier League replacement player but said he hadn’t spoken with any of the franchises.

“I’m absolutely keeping that in the back of the mind,” said about the Ashes.

“The feedback (from national coaches and selectors) was pretty good so hopefully I can be back in and around the mark when they announce the squad.”

“I haven’t heard of anything in terms of IPL but I’m looking at potentially doing a County stint as well, just to keep myself going and being in the right place at the right time.”

The 24-year-old, in his first competitive match since Perth Scorchers’ Big Bash League qualifier-final victory over Sydney Sixers at Optus Stadium on January 28, said it “certainly” felt like it had been a long lay-off between spells.

“It certainly felt like it had been two months, that’s for sure,” Morris said.

“There was a little bit of rust there but it was nice to bowl the cobwebs out and be back out on the WACA, it’s a beautiful place to play.”

Morris conceded it was a little frustrating bowling six front-foot no-balls, two which cost him the wickets of openers Marcus Harris and Ashley Chandrasinghe respectively.

He managed to get Harris out two balls later but Chandrasinghe ended up batting the entire day for an unbeaten 46 off 266 balls.

“I’ve been working on a bit of technical stuff to do with run-ups so that’s probably thrown me out a little bit but you’ve just got to find a way around it I guess and I’ll be looking to do that tomorrow,” Morris explained.