Collingwood calls for change

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Chasing a revised target of 160 to win in 23 overs under the Duckworth-Lewis method at Edgbaston, the tourists had reached 127 for two after 19 overs when umpires Steve Davis and Ian Gould ended play in heavy rain. The rules and regulations stipulate 20 overs must be faced by each side to constitute a match.

"The lunch break was half an hour, which is the rules and regulations and there's nothing we could do about it as players or as umpires, but I do believe it is something that has to be looked at because we could have gone out there in 10 or 15 minutes," said Collingwood. "We were ready to go out there and it was a surprise to us that it was 30 minutes."

Collingwood also defended England's go-slow tactics, when they took over an hour to bowl their first 14 overs after six bowling changes in the first 11 overs and took 83 minutes to bowl the 19 overs.

Match referee Javagal Srinath confirmed that England would not be penalised for their slow over-rate, and Collingwood insisted: "It wasn't a tactical thing or anything like that.

"We were chasing the ball a little bit as well and sometimes you don't get through your overs as quickly as that. It certainly wasn't a tactical thing because I didn't realise it was that slow."