Former captain Nasser Hussain has hailed England for their new positive approach, despite defeat in the third one-day international against New Zealand.
Eoin Morgan's men made 302 in their innings but failed to fully utilise their 50 overs as they were bowled out with 28 balls to spare.
Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor both scored fine centuries to help the Black Caps get over the line, but Hussain refuses to criticise his former team.
He told The Daily Mail: "This England team have been told to play without fear and, let's not forget, this is the side who at Edgbaston last week were 200 for six with 20 overs to go, kept going and ended up getting 400 and were applauded for it. I much prefer they do that and occasionally get it wrong than always taking the safe option.
"Ben Stokes typifies this new approach. He is playing brilliantly, with a carefree attitude and I think, like the team as a whole, he's got to go through a little bit of a learning process. It's actually odd we're talking about learning and fine-tuning when they're the first England one-day side ever to get past 300 in three successive games. It shows they're doing okay.
"At this stage I don't think results are as important as the style we want to play our cricket. They must keep giving it a go. You never want to hold back youth and put doubts in young minds. You want to be praising them and saying to Stokes 'Well played.'"
New Zealand lead the series 2-1.
Charlie Bennett
