Saturday 28 March 2015 10:37, UK
James Tredwell admits England must play catch-up with the rest of the world following a hugely disappointing World Cup campaign.
The 33-year-old Kent bowler hardly featured in Australia and New Zealand as head coach Peter Moores went without a specialist spinner.
Tredwell revealed he was left frustrated having not been handed an opportunity to prove himself after only figuring in England's dead-rubber against Afghanistan.
"Personally I was slightly disappointed not to feature a bit more," Tredwell told Sky Sports News HQ. "I left this winter thinking I'd have a pretty big role in what was going to unfold and that wasn't the case.
"I will try and put that behind me as quickly as possible. We had a frank discussion at the end of the tournament and where we left it can be quite an exciting place really if we all buy into what we discussed and how we want to go about our cricket going forward.
"The way we play, I think it's been in the press and at times the way teams are playing around the world in one-day cricket now, we need to play that way as well.
"We've got the players there to do it, we just need to be brave enough to do it. The crux of the meeting was that we need to be willing to show our skills off day in, day out on the field."
We've got the players there to do it, we just need to be brave enough to do it.
Pressure cooker
Tredwell was a surprise name in the party to tour the West Indies next month, giving him the chance to add to the solitary Test cap he won in Bangladesh five years ago.
And he believes the one-day failure was not down to the side feeling too constrained, although he thinks the high-pressure situation might have got to a few players.
"There are a lot of eyes watching - it's a high-pressure situation and sometimes you can go into your shell," added Tredwell.
"I sometimes think the English thing is a bit of a misconception. We were number one in the world not long ago in one-day cricket and got to the Champions Trophy final where we narrowly missed out there.
"We've had some good times in one-day cricket as well but if we play our play and do it really well then there are also benefits to being English I think."
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