James Anderson has had to re-evaluate his place in the England pecking order since missing out on World Twenty20 glory.
The Lancashire paceman was considered the national side's first-choice seamer across the formats until he was left out of the squad for the second leg of the winter tour to rest a niggling knee injury.
That allowed others to step up their case for selection in Dubai and Bangladesh and when Anderson was restored to the squad for the Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies, he found himself out in the cold as Tim Bresnan, Stuart Broad and Ryan Sidebottom got the nod ahead of him.
The 27-year-old concedes the sight of watching England break their duck in ICC world competitions from the sidelines has shaken his confidence and is now unsure whether he will start in the one-off match against Scotland on Saturday and the subsequent five-match Natwest Series against Australia.
"I'm worried I won't start in this series. Looking at it now I can't see me starting unless they play one spinner," he said.
"Not playing in the Windies took the wind out of my sails a little and it came as a bit of a shock to me.
"I thought if I'd gone to Bangladesh and gone to Abu Dhabi, it might have been different, but they picked the side they did and you've got to take your hats off to the selectors - they did well.
"I know I'm good enough to play in that team though and if I'd have played then I think we'd still have won it.
"This has changed my thoughts on where I am in the side. During the South Africa tour I thought I was becoming a key part of the team and now I don't feel like that so much, certainly in the one-day team."
Anderson also appeared frustrated about the manner in which his absence from the side was dealt with in the Caribbean.
"I felt a bit angry as well about getting rested and I thought that might have something to do with it.
"It wasn't until the day before the (warm-up) game that I heard I wasn't playing. I don't want to bad-mouth anyone or go on about it, but the reason I was left out of that practice match made me think I'd be playing in the first game, but I didn't play, so I was bit frustrated.
"I moped around for a bit and then got over it, so I'm somehow trying to work my way back into the team."
