Outspoken team coach John Buchanan says he has no regrets about possibly motivating England to their stunning tri-series one-day finals triumph over Australia.
Buchanan claimed last month that the troubled tourists were not testing his world champions.
England made Buchanan choke on his words after winning their final three one-day matches against Australia, including the two tri-series finals.
But Buchanan said today that he was grateful for the lessons to be learned ahead of next month's World Cup in the Caribbean rather than being embarrassed by what he had said.
Buchanan denied that his comments, that his players were not being put under enough pressure by England or New Zealand in the tri-series, were designed to fire up Australia's rivals but he was pleased they did.
'It's important that's happened because I think it's important to find out where there are some deficiencies, where we do lack some consistency and so on,' he said.
'I'd rather us find that out now than some time in the West Indies.'
Buchanan said he did not believe Australia's three losses constituted a slump in form and felt it would have little effect on how selectors would approach Tuesday's choice of a 15-man squad for the World Cup.
'I don't think two games in the course of the season, and going back to the ICC Champions Trophy, changes a heck of a lot,' he said, referring to the finals.
'It's just that we haven't played as consistently as we would have liked over a short period of time.
'Certainly, over the last few games we have been tested by England and haven't consistently responded to that.
'I think the selectors would have the same questions on their mind that they had prior to the finals.'
