England need to get the fun factor back: Collingwood

Can you take positives out of it? Probably not, but it's a win and they brought in some new players. Looking to the future, there's an indication of the philosophy with Alex Hales at the top of the order, they brought James Tredwell back in and he's the best spinner they've got in the one-day game and Ravi Bopara was back as well.

They've obviously got an eye on what's ahead and the way they want to go but unfortunately it feels a bit too late now.

Chris Jordan is a serious cricketer. This World Cup has really highlighted what direction the one-day game is going and it really is heading down the Twenty20 route. Players used to have a bit of a laugh about hitting fours and sixes and not getting out but that's how it is these days.

Jordan's a modern cricketer, he's a powerful player, a fast bowler, he's good at the death, he's got great hands and his batting can be very destructive down the bottom end of the order as well. It's good to see him in there and you would think he'll play a lot of Twenty20 and one-day cricket for England in the future.

A lot of the good teams at the World Cup have got 3D players and he's one of those.

I think everyone will realise now that Hales probably should have been playing a year ago and given a good run of games to get his form going into the World Cup. He's quite a relaxed character and that's another thing that England need to look at. He just keeps it pretty simple and he's another youngster that will hopefully have time to adjust to international cricket.

The devastating thing is that it's another four years until the next ICC Cricket World Cup. We keep coming out of these tournaments saying we've learnt lessons but it really is the time to learn them. We always find out the hard way.

You don't want a rain-affected game in the first place. They used the conditions very well, got the ball to move around a bit and sometimes against Associate teams you can think short, short, short but they did move the ball around and took wickets that way.

They'll move on but it's just so disappointing that we're not in the quarter-finals.

I've been in this situation and it's really tough as a player. You feel as though the whole world is on top of you. You almost feel as if the extent of the inquest isn't deserved. But they will understand they haven't performed and I thought they had the mostskillfulsquad that we've gone into a World Cupwith.

Whether it be the approach or just a lack of confidence that has stifled them in the end, it's been their downfall and they can't get away from the fact that theyve not been good enough and actually really far off the mark.
Whether it be the approach or just a lack of confidence that has stifled them in the end, it's been their downfall and they can't get away from the fact that theyve not been good enough and actually really far off the mark.

The frightening thing is that if they'd pushed teams close in the defeats, people would have accepted that, but there's been such a huge gap between the best teams and England. They will need a mental break now. Although they've lost and everyone will want to see them working hard in the nets, these kind of results take a lot out of you emotionally.

They need to get away from the game, away from thinking cricket 24 hours a day and the anxiety of thinking about it all and really try to recharge as quickly as possible for a tour to West Indies that everyone will have a close eye on after what's happened over the last few weeks.

It's a massive year for England. New Zealand will be tough in the Test matches early in the season with the way they swing the ball and have good batsmen and then it's the Ashes. It's crunch time but the performances of the past few weeks have almost accelerated that feeling.

A lot of times England respond to that and we all hope they can turn it around and have a great summer. It's doom and gloom at the moment but in a few months I hope the confidence will be back and the players will be back to their best and enjoying the game again. At the moment it doesn't look like they're enjoying cricket and you don't when you're losing games.

But England need to get that fun factor back and that's when they play their best. (By former England captain Paul Collingwood)