FORMER Essex seam bowler Neil Foster believes England are “stuck in the past” when it comes to one-day cricket.

England suffered a humiliating exit from the Cricket World Cup on Monday after losing to Bangladesh, in Adelaide.

It followed hot on the heels of defeats against group rivals Australia, New Zealand and Sri Lanka.

England’s hugely disappointing performance in the tournament has led to calls of a reorganisation of the game in this country.

And Colchester-born Foster – who played in nearly 50 one-day internationals during his ten-year England career – agrees that changes are needed.

Foster said: “I don’t think we’re a good one-day cricket side.

“We don’t have the batting variety or change in bowling that other teams have. We don’t have anyone who’s an X Factor player.

“The truth is that the last World Cup success we had was over 20 years ago.

“We had a brief Twenty20 success but now the game has changed.

“Twenty20 cricket has changed the game, with the size of the boundaries and white balls.

“The general mentality has changed immensely and we’re not producing the players who can do well in one-day cricket.

“We’re still stuck in the past while other nations have evolved and improved.

“It has to change and it must come from the bottom up.

“It has to come from the county sides who have to let their players play expansive innings.

“The county sides have to understand that the game has changed and we have to come up with our own version of it.”

Foster, who played for England in the 1987 Cricket World Cup Final, believes English cricket now need to build a plan ahead of the 2019 tournament in England and Wales.

“We have to look at something like this as an opportunity now,” said the former Philip Morant School pupil.

“It’s a four-year cycle and we have to start planning from this point on.

“We have to identify our young talent and encourage it.”

Foster added he felt England’s player selection has played a part in their downfall in this World Cup.

He said: “I’d dispute whether or not we had the best players out there.

“I don’t think we had the continuity in selection that we needed.

“Players like James Tredwell and Ravi Bopara who had featured a lot didn’t feature at all.”