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KEVIN Pietersen's joy was so obvious it was a surprise his typing fingers didn't punch a hole in his phone.
"I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS! I JUST CANNOT! But well done Bangladesh! You deserve it."
That now famous tweet was not written by a man whose prime emotions were anger or disappointment.
It was by a man bursting with the everlasting satisfaction of knowing that however modest England were with him they were simply atrocious without him.
A cynic may suggest that it also shows why he was left out in the first place.
That England's failure was his success. To Kev, it's always been about Kev.
But he is not the first discarded star to feel this way and the deeper issue is England's failure to handle and harness him.
Most star teams have a maverick player. Genius often comes in quirky packages.
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Down through the generations there were times when players moaned it was all about Flintoff or Botham or Bradman or Warne and how they seemed to play by different rules, which of course they did.
The trick is learning how to manage them and England never got there.
But back to that later.
England needed a character like 'KP' for his campaign. Picture: Darren England. Source: News Limited
Trying to list the full reasons behind England's World Cup demise is like detailing the cause of the GFC. It's a long and complex story.
The failure of their coach Peter Moores to inspire the side proves once and for all that there is a difference between a successful county coach whose job it is to rouse a group of pliable professionals and an England coach who has to be a big time thinker and tactician and motivator.
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The fact that Moores said he would have to look at the data to explain England's poor performance is like the captain of the Titanic saying he would have to check flow charts to see why his vessel sank — mate, you hit a frickin' iceberg!
The choice of Eoin Morgan as a captain was a disaster. His batting form was terrible and even his permanently anguished demeanour, which resembled a man with a serious wind problem trying not to show it, radiated bad vibes for his team.
England captain Eoin Morgan after his side were knocked out of the World Cup. Source: Getty Images
His refusal to sing the anthem was a hollow one for a team craving zest and sparkle they could never find.
In terms of charisma, Winston Churchill he ain't.
When long time captain Alastair Cook was dropped just before the Cup many felt it was overdue.
Cook may not be a sabre-rattling captain but he is a strong man and a reliable leader of men. They missed him.
Good teams tend to be noisy trainers. They laugh. They joke. The pull pranks. England's training sessions were so quiet and spiritless it was as if they were taking place in the state library.
But Pietersen's exit was the torpedo midships.
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Pietersen may be hard to handle but he did captain his country and play more than 250 games for England. It's not as if they were trying to handle a great train robber.
Former England captain Michael Vaughan, a fine leader of men, handled Pietersen best by realising early on there were several essential elements in dealing with him.
Pietersen's forensic thirst for information meant he had to be given as much as possible about any issue that concerned him.
Also, he needs to be listened to and respected.
That was about it really. Other superstars have been managed equally effectively.
You might think Shane Warne would have been tough, but early on Mark Taylor solved everything by being brutally firm with him to the point where an umpire once asked whether there was any on-field sledging replied "just the normal between Tubby and Warnie.''
But they somehow clicked.
When Warne became a superstar and went on a team bonding camp he was initially banned from taking a carton of cigarettes before he told organisers "if they don't go neither do I.''
Sometimes you have to be pliable. Firm sticks can just break in two — just like England this campaign.
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