145;No excuses146;

On his decision to bowl first:

8226; 8220;In hindsight, I might have done something different. But it was overcast, there had been a lot of rain in the air and the wicket looked a bit tacky. But it didn8217;t do as much as we expected, we couldn8217;t get wickets early on and Cook and Bell batted beautifully. The way they played the middle overs was really special and took the game away from us.8221;

On England8217;s performance

8226; 8220;They played a perfect one-day game. You want someone in your top 2-3 to get a hundred and they had two of them doing that. I thought there would be a bit more in the pitch. There was something for the bowlers but it was a bit slow. They rotated the strike well.8221;

Paul Collingwood Said after the victory:

8226; 8220;It was one of our best performances for some time. The way the batters went about it, positive right through. I think we8217;ve had such phases in the past but we8217;re looking for consistency. It was a kind of a perfect game. It8217;s a great start for us but we need to continue with that rhythm and momentum.8221;

On Flintoff8217;s return:

8226; 8220;He was bowling with good heat, up to 90mph, and he is very hard to get away when he bowls like that.8221;