Moores: Humiliation can help England

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The England coach was as stunned as the rest of the squad by the humiliating defeat by a Mumbai XI comprising a team of club professionals, who dismissed the tourists for a lowly 98 in only 25 overs.

"It has to be taken as a wake-up call," said Moores. "I have no problems at all with the physical effort the lads are putting in and the way we're training."

He added: "What you take from that is that it is a clear indicator that mentally we weren't sharp enough or ready. To get bowled out for 98 is not good enough but it's a mental thing, it's not an effort thing.

"Our skills are good and the thing you need to get right is to be mentally on the right page when it comes to Friday.

"That battle hardening comes from playing competitive cricket and we haven't played a lot so people have got to get their heads right now to be ready to go for Friday."

Captain Kevin Pietersen shrugged off the humiliation in the immediate aftermath of the defeat, but Moores is intent on using the embarrassing experience to help their preparations for the series.

He explained: "Maybe there was an assumption that somebody would get a partnership and we'd go on and do it and it didn't happen. The lesson there is that we should take nothing for granted.

"Batting is one of those things where you take your eye off the ball for a second and you can get exposed, and that's a key lesson for anybody.

"What happened maybe will be the key that will get everybody thinking."