England’s loss to the West Indies was their 12th ODI defeat in 18 matches since the start of the 2023 World Cup and was a brutal reality check for a new-look XI that included four debutants.

On a difficult surface, England were bowled out for 209 balls before putting in an encouraging but ultimately unsuccessful performance with the ball as Windies opener Evin Lewis scored 94 off 69 balls.

“I think that’s certainly not the state of English cricket,” Trescodick said after the game. “Because our main team hasn’t played in white-ball games for a long time. You don’t really know where white-ball cricket is.”

“I think with the system we had and the amount of cricket we tried to play and still looking after the players, I think you could put together a team for a World Cup tomorrow and do that would probably look like this” different to this series and some of the series we played against Australia.

“So I don’t think you can judge it by saying: look where white-ball cricket is at the moment. It was a tough time, there’s no doubt about it, but there were challenges from many different areas.”

Several players are missing from the current series as the tour is sandwiched by England’s Test tours of Pakistan and New Zealand. But the squad selected for the Australia series was almost full, with Joe Root and Gus Atkinson rested, while other absentees such as Jos Buttler and Mark Wood were missing due to injury. The same goes for the final group that toured the Caribbean last year, when the team chosen was expected to herald a new era, while the World Cup team was certainly the first choice. All this combined with the uncertainty over Ben Stokes’ future.

“This is probably a better question for voters more than anything else. It’s not my decision who gets in,” Trescodick said.

“But I think you can see from the England team’s plan last year and maybe a little later on how much we want to invest in the next generation.”

“It would probably go against the mantra of playing against people who have played before.”

In England’s innings, five of the top six players were trapped in the 30-yard circle as the balance between defense and attack was inadequate, causing them to be bowled out in 45.1 overs.

“We have to try and bat for 50 overs first and foremost,” Trescodick said. “The real art of white-ball cricket, in particular, is the pace and the balance between aggression and hitting over long periods of time.”

“We will always be a team that will try to be aggressive, the pitch made it quite difficult to do that.”

This is Trescodick’s final tour at the helm of the white-ball team before Brendon McCullum takes the job in January. In leading an exceptionally inexperienced group, Trescodick says one of the biggest challenges is finding the balance between emphasizing the chance of a ‘free-kick’ for England’s young players and instilling a win-first mentality.

“I’m trying to get the right priority at the moment. I want to win every game and we dictate that in the locker room. But we also want to see a few players around before the structure changes and Brendon takes over. So.” Why not give them the opportunity to succeed in this environment?

“That’s exactly how we present it. The chances are there for the boys to get in. We saw four debutants in this game, we’ve got a few other young guys in the squad who might make their debut at the other side. “In the next two weeks you’ll be higher up the ladder (with the opportunity) than you were before six days. So go out there and show what you can do.

Trescodick’s own role in the white-ball setup beyond January is uncertain.

“I don’t know yet,” he said. “We have a plan behind the scenes, but nothing has been confirmed as such.”

“I’m not going to say what the whole thing is going to look like because it would probably give too much away, but obviously Brendon is going to come in and take control of the whole show and then dictate what and where we’re going to be and what that’s going to look like.” .