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Out of the wreckage that is England's World Cup campaign do come, believe it or not, some positives.

These positives are the batting of Paul Collingwood, the bowling of James Anderson and the re-emergence of Andrew Flintoff.

Paul Collingwood

The Durham batsman has taken the chance given to him this winter and has established himself as a key part of the England middle-order. He scored 138 runs in the tournament at an average of 45, with a top score of 66 not out. With his useful medium-pace bowling, and superb fielding, "Colly" should become part of the furniture for the England one-day team for years to come.

James Anderson

The find of the winter for England, the Lancastrian quickie burst onto the scene with a flurry of wickets against Australia in the VB Series, and then continued his good progress during the World Cup with a career-best 4/25 in the win against Pakistan. However, inexperience showed too much at times, and meant that in situations such as the close-run Australia game he was too expensive. One for the future though.

Andrew Flintoff

"Freddie" had a dreadful winter with injuries, but went away and got himself fit ahead of the tournament and quietly re-emerged as England's premier all-rounder. With 156 runs at 31 (top score of 64) and 7 wickets at 20 apiece, Flintoff gets out vote as England's Man of the Tournament.