Jos Buttler has been an England regular for only two years, but he has seen enough to know fortunes can quickly change.
Although the 24-year-old has been England’s first-choice one-day international wicketkeeper just since the start of 2013, he understands momentum can rapidly alter.
That is something England urgently need, having heavily lost three of their first four World Cup games.
Eoin Morgan’s side must beat Bangladesh on Monday and Afghanistan on Friday to have a chance of reaching the quarter-finals.
Yet, if they make the last eight, they are three wins from World Cup glory.
While such a triumph seems unlikely, there are plenty of examples of recovery successes in sport – such as last summer’s Test series defeat of India that Buttler was part of and England’s Tri-Series win in 2007.
The latter victory came in Australia, where England will play the majority if not all their remaining matches if they are to upset the odds in this tournament.
Speaking in Adelaide, where he and his team-mates will face the Tigers in three days, Buttler said: “What a place to inspire people to turn around and what great confidence that can give if you do it on the world stage in a World Cup.
“Sport changes around very quickly. We haven’t played well – there’s no hiding from that. But if we can turn it around and someone puts in (a great performance), like Joe Root did the other day – it’s a shame for him he’s not on the winning side when you put in a great performance like that – if two guys or three guys stand up and do that in these games coming up, it can change round very quickly.”
Three days is both the gap until the Bangladesh clash and the time England have had off since their last fixture, a loss to Sri Lanka in Wellington.
Morgan’s men immediately flew to Adelaide, where they trained today at St Peter’s College ahead of the crunch game at the iconic Adelaide Oval.
“It’s quite good I think for guys to have three days away from cricket, relax and have a think about what’s going on,” England's vice-captain at the World Cup reflected.
“I think the best thing for us is that it’s a simple situation. We’ve got to win two games of cricket, and maybe it’s good for us to have that pressure on ourselves, and hopefully that will really bring out the performance that we need.
“In simple terms we’ve got to play better than we have been. If we want to get to the quarter-finals, then we have to play well and win two games of cricket.”
Like in Wellington last week, England trained ‘in the middle’ today, as well as in the nets, something Buttler says is ideal.
“I think the guys really enjoy middle practice, especially on long tours, you’re in the nets lots of the time,” he added.
“To actually have facilities that we’ve got here and get out in the middle, for bowlers to try things out and for batters to try things out, is as good a practice as we can get.”