People seem to have forgotten that just over 6 months ago Vaughan was opening and people were blaming his failings on opening, and saying once he was put at three the problems'd be sorted-out.
Funny how often these things are both-way syndrome.
IMO you simply can't justify Trescothick not opening the batting, nor Bell opening - how often has he ever opened (except for England-u19s)?
Yes, having wickets in hand is important, but Trescothick is one of the few assets for this current England ODI side, quite clearly the best batsman by a country mile (though Pietersen is coming-up very fast indeed) and he has to open, because he's capable of playing lots of different types of innings.
Personally I'd like currently to see something like:
Trescothick
AN Other (Strauss, I suppose)
?
Bell - possibly?
Pietersen
Flintoff
Read
Ealham
AN Other
Gough
Hoggard - maybe?
Never rated any of Prior, Simon Jones, Wharf, Mahmood, Geraint Jones, Kabir Ali, Key, Troughton, McGrath, Clarke, Harmison, Anderson, Batty, Blackwell, Snape, Kirtley, Shah, Collingwood, Vaughan, Solanki or Giles.
Never used to rate Hoggard, but he's worth another go - Bell and Strauss I'm not totally convinced about; Richard Johnson I'm struggling to work-out how 11 bowlers have been selected ahead of him (3.56-an-over at 21.72 - even if that is a little flattering it's hard to justify his exclusion). But England have had real problems for a long time now in ODIs.