LONDON, April 19: England's one-day cricket strategy needs a complete re-think, according to a key figure in planning the team’s future.

Brian Rose, a member of a panel set up to review the Ashes disaster, says England’s poor World Cup results betray a failure to adapt to the modern game.

“Other sides are more aggressive. We don't seem to have taken the game forward in comparison. We have to come up quickly with a philosophy of how to play the game,” Rose insisted.

Rose is a part of the seven-man panel, alongside Nasser Hussain, Nick Knight, Angus Fraser, Hugh Morris, Mickey Stewart and former European golf tour boss Ken Schofield, reviewing England’s performances over the last four years, including the recent Ashes whitewash.

The review was set up to analyse what went wrong in Australia and recommend necessary changes to ensure it does not happen again. It will not necessarily be accepted broadly by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB).Rose further stated that the details of the review should remain confidential until it is published in May but he refused to single out coach Duncan Fletcher for England’s World Cup breakdown.

Fletcher guided England from last to second in world Test rankings since taking over late in 1999 but his side are seventh in ODI standings, just above the West Indies of major Test-playing nations.—Agencies