England need to rip up teamsheet and start again

ENGLAND will fly back home from the Caribbean next week and face an inevitable clamour for change following one of their most testing winter campaigns in recent years.

A dismal ICC Champions Trophy campaign was followed by an Ashes whitewash and a lacklustre World Cup campaign — only the shock Commonwealth Bank series success prevented this winter becoming a total write-off.

But as the players settle in for another hard summer with Test and one-day series against West Indies and India, England’s hierarchy dare not ignore the growing call for change in their one-day fortunes and strategy.