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England's one day plans need to be torn up and started again, because if they follow their current strategy in the World Cup they will be laughed out of Australia... again.

There is no way on this Earth that England can take the one day team that I saw thrashed in Cardiff and win the World Cup.

And unless they start changing things now, it will be yet another wasted opportunity to win the trophy that has always eluded us.

I am desperate for England to do well. In fact I would be so happy to see them win the World Cup that I will make a pledge right here and now.

If England win the final in Melbourne next year I will treat each and every member of the squad to a slap up evening of being wined and dined Beefy-style on me.

But if they take their current approach into that tournament, then I’m certain it will be a meal for one.

What I saw in Cardiff thoroughly depressed me, and it wasn’t just a one off, or a bad day at the office, we’ve seen it so many times before.

Suresh Raina gave a master class of one day batting and we practically looked the other way. He took the attack to the bowlers, he hit them back over their heads straight and found the gaps.

Chris Jordan is not a one day bowler right now. He does not have the control which is a shame because I think he is a wonderful, talented lad, but his strength lies in Test cricket.

As it does for Joe Root, Ian Bell and Alastair Cook and there is nothing wrong with that at all.

The problem is though, you cannot have all three of them in your top five because they do not score quickly enough.

(Image: Stu Forster)

England’s one day batting is light years behind the rest of the world, especially against spin as we saw with Jadeja, Ashwin and Raina having a field day.

Memo to England batsmen: you are allowed to leave your crease!

It was laughable that we’ve picked these classical batsmen to work the ball around, but once the spinners come on they struggle to do exactly that.

Picking Alex Hales was a positive step and I’m glad to see him in the side, but they need to go a step or even two further with another more attacking batsman in the top order.

I just look at the batting lineups around the world and we are struggling to compete with their quality and aggression.

With the ball I’d love to see Steve Finn given another go. He is a dangerous weapon when he’s on song and even if he goes for a few runs, he will take wickets.

Don’t wait until the last minute to parachute him in.

These are things that seem obvious to me and just like Graeme Swann, I am paid by the Mirror to offer my opinions on what I see before me.

Alastair Cook and others might not like what we have to say, but you can’t base your opinions on how others will react. I have never worried about upsetting old team mates and neither should Swanny.