Exclusive – England are years behind the world's best, claims Gough

Darren Gough claims Englands one-day side isyears behind the rest of the world after seeing the Three Lions crash out of the Cricket World Cup.

Peter Moores side slumped to a 15 run defeat to Bangladesh on Monday morning a result which endedtheir participation in the competition.

And Gough, who is second in the all-time list of Englands record one-day wicket takers, insists selection policy must change to include more players who are capable of influencing matches.

I watched a World Cup from four years ago and saw some of the shots played with the new ball. England arent even up to that standard yet, he told Drivetime. We have certain players who can play that way but, because they look at all the data and stats, they decide not to play them.

We go with a law of averages and pick a guy who might get a nice little 30, instead of the guy who might win a game for you in tenovers - players like Jos Buttler, who was magnificent against Bangladesh.

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Exclusive - England are years behind the world's best, claims Gough

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