Jonny Bairstow believes England are a long way from peaking at the World Cup but is inspired by the thought of regaling his future grandchildren about the next few months.
The hosts and favourites started with a convincing win over South Africa and have bounced back from a surprise defeat to Pakistan by brushing aside the potential banana skins of Bangladesh and the West Indies.
Bairstow, part of a core group who will also be eyeing Ashes glory following the conclusion of the tournament, insists there is plenty more to come from the one-day side as he looks to make this a summer to cherish.
He told Press Association Sport: "To be able to hopefully say that you've played in both and hopefully won both – that's the big thing, that's what you want to be doing – is something that you look back on.
"Everyone talks about those moments, 'something to tell the grandkids', it really would be something to tell the grandkids.
"And to be part of a side that's got the potential to win the World Cup, especially at home, is spine-tingling, to be quite honest.
"There will be a lot of emotion going through everyone but at the same time we need to work hard and get there. It's alright talking about it but if you don't get there then it doesn't matter.
"Generally I think that we're playing pretty good cricket. There's still a lot that we can improve on to get that perfect game.
"There's enough games left in order to keep pulling those together and hopefully they come in the latter rounds of the competition."
Bairstow was dismissed for a golden duck on his tournament bow but he has rebounded by registering 32, 51 and 45 on his last three visits to the crease, healthy contributions without being match-shaping.
Yorkshire team-mate Joe Root has already amassed two tournament centuries, with fellow opener Jason Roy and Jos Buttler also going to three figures, and Bairstow is convinced a momentous innings of his own is forthcoming.
He said: "I feel good. Obviously I want to get a couple of big scores. I've started off alright and I'm striking the ball well so it's just a case of when it clicks.
"And then when you go big and you go really big, that's all it is.
"But we've been lucky enough that we've had four hundreds in four games. Joe's got two, Jos has got one and Jason's got one, so I'm due. And it's all the Js – I'm next!"
England's win over the Windies came despite injuries to Roy and captain Eoin Morgan, forcing a reshuffle to their top order, with Chris Woakes elevated from seven to three.
But such is their strength in depth, Woakes flourished in the role alongside centurion Root to underpin a comfortable eight-wicket victory against a side many felt would provide stiff opposition.
Bairstow, speaking at an event for Booking.com, accommodation and attractions booking partner for the World Cup, added: "We've got confidence in our whole line-up. You could see that with Woakesy coming in at three, he wanted to open!
"It wasn't massive panic stations because we're very fortunate to have people at nine, 10, 11 that can come in – Adil Rashid has got 10 first-class hundreds so to have him coming in at number 10 is pretty handy.
"We've played well over the last 18 months so it doesn't just go after losing to Pakistan in one game."
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