TRADITIONALISTS like to label Twenty20 as something of a lottery, but there is no doubting that the best team won the World Cup.

England fans will certainly feel like all of their numbers came up when they watched their team totally outplay Australia in the final – just like they did against defending champions Pakistan, Sri Lanka and South Africa.

Paul Collingwood’s side have found a winning formula and, with the Test team also in reasonably good shape, it looks to be a bright future for the national team.

The selectors showed courage in their convictions when selecting dynamic players like Craig Kieswetter, Michael Lumb and Eoin Morgan – and their faith was repaid 10-fold.

However, they should deploy the same single-minded ruthlessness when the inevitable calls come for the inclusion of these players in the Test team.

Kieswetter, for example, is an exciting natural talent that can excel at international level for many years to come but he is not yet ready for the five-day game.

His wicketkeeping is not at the standard required for Test cricket and his batting technique may looked flawed when probed by the very best bowlers in the world.

While he played some exquisite strokes at the top of the order, he also hit many shots in the air and will not get away with such loose play in the cauldron of an Ashes series.

The Test team, under the leadership of Andrew Strauss, is ticking along nicely after last summer’s defeat of Australia and, with the return to form of Kevin Pietersen, they can have genuine aspirations of turning over Ricky Ponting’s men Down Under this winter.

However, one man who should get a chance to stake his claim is Morgan.

The Dubliner looks the complete package and his ability to manipulate bowlers and their fields mark him out as somebody capable of big runs.

He would add an extra dimension to the middle order, not just because he is left-handed. He can become a key player in the mould of Graham Thorpe and this summer’s games against Bangladesh and Pakistan are the perfect opportunity to test out that theory before the visit to Oz.

After all, he has been consistent enough to suggest he will be a gamble worth taking. Watch out Ian Bell.