Then, England were a batsman light because of Andrew Flintoff 's ankle injury. Now they have a wealth of runscoring potential at their disposal and the idea of Kevin Pietersen regularly batting at No6 (and Paul Collingwood at No7, for that matter) seems a waste of resources.
Still, provided England are prepared to be as flexible with the order in 50-50 cricket as they were in Twenty20, when Flintoff and Pietersen were promoted to three and four, they could have a batting line-up to suit just about every situation.
Jones, though, needs to blossom at No2, otherwise he might as well drop down to the lower middle order, where he made 66 and 80 in Zimbabwe a few months ago.
Vaughan's problem, as a batsman, is a disappointing one-day average of just 28.53 after 64 innings - not including Monday evening's firstball duck at the Rose Bowl.
Vaughan has yet to get going in limited-overs internationals, although last September's high-quality knock of 86 against Australia in the Champions Trophy semi-final at Edgbaston put his talent in a proper light. Come Sunday and a switch to Bristol, Vaughan can have another go at the Aussies. But first things first.
In theory, Bangladesh should pose more of a threat in the shorter form of the game. Most of their batsmen tried to play a shot a ball during the Test series and if a couple of them come off for an hour during the triangular tournament then they could cause some alarm.
But it will be a huge surprise if Bangladesh improve on a record of two one-day international wins against major teams, including the impossibly-hard-to-credit 1999 World Cup victory over Pakistan.
The Bangladeshis may not face Jon Lewis tomorrow. The paceman who took four Australian wickets in 11 balls at Southampton is less than certain to play.
That will only create space for the fiery Simon Jones to push his case for a weekend date with the Aussies.
