Head urges Australia to move on quickly from Lord's loss

Head believes the quick turnaround from the World Test Championship Final to the West Indies series is a positive for his side and has urged his teammates not to dwell on the loss to the Proteas when they take on the Caribbean side.

"There's added motivation to go out there and play well," Head said of the first Test in Barbados.

"We didn't play well (against South Africa) and it's unfortunate.

"We put two years of hard work into one week and didn't quite go to plan and the opposition played really well, so there's another motivation.

"We've got two more years to build, and this is another first look at it so I think if you dwell on it for too long or if you look back you forget about what's moving forward.

"As hard as that is, we play so much cricket and are so used to that but of course we care and of course it's not ideal but at the end of the day you can't change it so you have to move on you have to get back on the horse and you have to play good cricket.

"I think a lot of guys are wanting to do that we've had a little bit of time to reflect and I've got time to prep and we're going to another Test series that we're hopeful to play well in."

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