Lancashire fast bowler James Anderson believes England are ready for the ICC World Twenty20 despite reservations from coach Andy Flower.
England's lack of experience in Twenty20 cricket was highlighted by Flower, who claimed they are "under-cooked" going into the tournament.
England have played just four Twenty20 internationals since last year and only five players - Kevin Pietersen, Paul Collingwood, Eoin Morgan, Michael Lumb and Ravi Bopara - have been playing Twenty 20 cricket in the Indian Premier League.
But Anderson does not agree with Flower's assessment and is optimistic about England's chances of success.
"I don't see it that way at all," he countered. "We have had guys out in the IPL who have been playing for the last couple of months.
"We had a recent tour of Dubai where we played some Twenty20 cricket. We have also got a couple of warm-up games to settle in as a team and work out how we are going to play well enough to win the tournament.
"We don't play as much as anyone else and it does make it that little bit harder. But we have to click when we do come together and play really well from the start.
"We go into every tournament thinking we can win it and wanting to win it. We have got a great chance. We had a good tour of Dubai and good one-day series in Bangladesh, so if we can gel together early in this tour, I see no reason why we can't go on and win it."
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