Engalnd's cricketers are out in the West Indies and really must make the most of the fresh start that faces them.
They arrived in Antigua without unseated head coach Andy Flower, the sacked Kevin Pietersen and rested captain Alistair Cook for a series of three one-day matches, which are to be followed three Twenty20 games at the Kensington Oval in Barbados.
But just how England go about their business at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in St Peter’s is an interesting proposition.
The matches in the West Indies are essentially a warm-up for the Twenty20 World Cup to be staged in Bangladesh next month, so really you would have thought that six Twenty20 matches would have been the order of the day.
However, the ODIs are included because it is the only way that tour packages can be made attractive to the travelling fans.
It leaves some interesting options to new coach Ashley Giles, who will want to make a good impression and take over all Flower’s former responsibilities, and for his players who will be wanting to stake a claim not just for Bangladesh but beyond.
England could play the one-dayers in the usual manner, or they could treat them like a Twenty20 thrash, or they could try to mix and match by taking a more Gung-ho attitude later in each game.
But at least they will do it without any reliance on Pietersen producing the goods if it all goes wrong, and all this against a West Indies side who are without the influence of Chris Gayle, who misses the ODIs due to injury.
But to put it simply the main target in England’s immediate future is one of simply winning matches again after their miserable tour of Australia.
