Come back, Michael Vaughan! Collingwood's out of his depth as England's ODI captain

There I was hitting the winning run for England in the 1948 Ashes series at Lord's, with Don Bradman coming up to shake my hand, when the alarm clock ruined my dream. It was time to watch England against New Zealand at Hamilton in the second ODI.

'To look at Ryder you might think he should be up on the oche with a deafening Hawaian shirt, rings like milk-bottle tops and sweating buckets. But, make no mistake, this portly lad is a real talent'

Talk about a nightmare. Shivering and barely awake, I saw the Black Caps needed 165 on the DL method so I was well set for a good contest. Suffice to say, the way England are playing these days I was at work well on time.

The way Jesse Ryder and Brendon McCullum sent the England attack packing was awesome, 19 fours and seven sixes out of 165 is some going, and this against a highly-rated attack. It took the openers around half the time it took England to make the runs and in doing so they beat the previous best opening stand against England.

Paul Collingwood, the England one-day captain, is a good-hearted soul, a solid piece of the north who gives his all. But he is no one-day guru. The body language of the England team was aggressive but in the wrong way. There was plenty being said with a lot of chirping but all of that is no good if you don't hold catches - step forward (that's the problem, they should have dived forward) keeper Phil Mustard and Owais Shah.