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Birmingham: England captain Andrew Strauss revelled in the growing competition for places in the one-day side after "leading from the front" as his team wrapped up a series win over Bangladesh.
"We are going to need a squad of players at the World Cup (in Asia next year)," said Strauss after making a career-best 152 and sharing an England record stand for any one-day international wicket of 250 with Jonathan Trott, who made 110, in a crushing 144-run win.
Bangladesh, chasing an imposing 348 to win, never looked like getting remotely close and were bowled out for 203 as England took the three-match series 2-1.
It was just the sort of emphatic victory England needed after the embarrassment of their five-run defeat - their first against Bangladesh in any format - in the second one-dayer at Bristol on Saturday.
England fielded the same side in all five matches of their preceding 3-2 home series win over Australia.
But injuries and a desire to rest key men allowed other players to stake a claim. So, for example Ian Bell made 84 not out in the series opener against Bangladesh at Trent Bridge in the absence of Kevin Pietersen.
And Trott then seized his chance with 94 at Bristol before making a maiden ODI century on his Warwickshire home ground.
Yorkshire seamer Ajmal Shahzad starred with the ball on Monday, looking far more purposeful than the struggling James Anderson whom Strauss insisted was "rotated" rather than dropped, and might well have taken more than two wickets but for a hamstring niggle.
Meanwhile Ravi Bopara, recalled after Bell broke his left foot at Bristol, blazed his way to 45 not out off just 16 balls with four sixes on Monday and then took four wickets with his medium-pacers.
"But it's great having a lot of guys competing for places. The likes of Belly, Trotty, Ravi and Ajmal are all saying this shouldn't be a closed shop, and moving forward, we need a squad of players because we can't just rely on the same eleven," Strauss said.
England's loss to Bangladesh last weekend was the first time they'd been beaten by the Tigers in 21 matches across all formats as the minnows ended a run of 24 successive defeats against all opponents stretching back to November last year.
