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Patel out for 'payback'

8:23am Wednesday 15th February 2012 in National Sport © Press Association 2011

Samit Patel is planning stage two of England's "payback" against Pakistan for their Test series whitewash.

But irrespective of whether England go 2-0 up with two to play on Wednesday night, or are pegged back in this one-day international series, Patel believes experiences such as these will shape their challenge for the 2015 World Cup.

"A lot of skill is involved in one-day cricket, and we're all trying to improve and be as good as we can be - and we're aiming to try to win the World Cup," he said "It starts playing in tough series like this against good opposition."

He took three wickets, and made 17 quick runs, in England's 130-run trouncing of Pakistan on Monday - when opener Alastair Cook and fast bowler Steven Finn both weighed in with career-best performances.

Pakistan made a mockery of England's world number one Test status, beating them 3-0 as the tourists' batsmen failed again and again to come to terms with the spin of Saeed Ajmal and Abdur Rehman.

The off-spinner was at it again, with five wickets but ultimately to no avail for Pakistan, on Monday.

England found a way of winning, easily, despite Ajmal's personal success - and Patel is convinced they have the depth of talent not only to aim for their own whitewash here but to become a serious threat to all in the ODI format.

"We can be dangerous," he said.

"We've got a lot of talent in our squad - the likes of KP [Kevin Pietersen], (Ravi) Bopara and (Eoin) Morgan in the middle order and (Craig) Kieswetter ... there's a lot of firepower really.

"Obviously Finny blasts away up top with Jimmy [James Anderson] and Broady [Stuart Broad], we're looking at a good squad ... and we've not even mentioned Swanny [Graeme Swann] yet."