New Zealand skipper Daniel Vettori insists there will be no bad blood left over from the controversial Grant Elliott run-out when the Kiwis take on England in the final NatWest Series clash at Lord's on Saturday.
Vettori is, though, looking for the Kiwis to clinch the series and take advantage of the absence through suspension of skipper Paul Collingwood, who he describes as 'England's best player'.
Vettori and his team-mates were incensed when Elliott was run-out after colliding with Ryan Sidebottom when attempting a quick single at The Oval on Wednesday.
Collingwood was given the option by the umpires to withdraw the appeal and declined, although it was England's slow over rate that has earned him a four-game ban.
But Vettori, who was embarrassed by his own initial behaviour after the incident, is confident the fact both sides quickly issued apologies will have diffused the situation.
Vettori said: "Everyone has made the appropriate statements and I think it has diffused the situation quite quickly.
"From our position, we are grateful Paul made the stance he did and I sent our own apologies for a little bit of our own behaviour and from there I think we can move on.
"There shouldn't be any damage to the relationship between the two teams because both were sympathetic to each other's causes and what was going on.
"Now the dust has settled, 24 or 48 hours always tends to solve a lot of problems so I think both teams will go out there playing pretty hard but I don't think there will be any animosity between the sides."
Vettori added: "If England had won I think it would have made it more difficult. We moved on pretty quickly because of the result but I hope cool heads would still have prevailed at the end of the day's play.
"Even if we had lost, hopefully the same time-frame would have healed those wounds.
"I've never felt as angry as that over a cricket incident [as] on Wednesday. Anyone who knows me realises I'm not an angry person. I rarely get angry.
"That was a first for me. I look back on it and I was a little bit embarrassed by my own actions but the dust has settled now."
Vettori is a big admirer of Kevin Pietersen, who has been temporarily handed the captaincy.
But he knows the absence of Durham all-rounder Collingwood will leave a big gap to fill in the England middle order.
Vettori said: "Kevin is a guy I've played with [at Nottinghamshire] and against quite a bit. It seemed like the logical choice when Paul was unable to play to make him skipper.
"But I suppose for us it is about the gaping hole that Collingwood leaves. In our dressing room we think he is the best player because of the all-round capabilities he brings to the side.
"Pietersen obviously has huge shoes to fill but he is the sort of guy who seems to demand that sort of attention.
"From knowing Kevin, and the way he plays his game, I assume he is going to be reasonably aggressive so there may be some opportunities there with the way he sets fields, whatever it is.
"We are just going to have to sit tight and wait to see how he takes it on. In terms of exploiting it, I am not sure there are too many options in a one-off game."
Elliott will have a fitness test to see if he is okay to face England after suffering a bruised thigh in the collision with Sidebottom.
Vettori said: "He hasn't shaped up too well after and he is going to go through a pretty rigorous test but we are confident he will be all right. If he is, obviously he will be in the side.
"We want to put our full-strength side out and Grant's performances over the last three games have been outstanding so he is definitely in the team if he is fit."
Vettori is, though, looking for the Kiwis to clinch the series and take advantage of the absence through suspension of skipper Paul Collingwood, who he describes as 'England's best player'.
Vettori and his team-mates were incensed when Elliott was run-out after colliding with Ryan Sidebottom when attempting a quick single at The Oval on Wednesday.
Collingwood was given the option by the umpires to withdraw the appeal and declined, although it was England's slow over rate that has earned him a four-game ban.
But Vettori, who was embarrassed by his own initial behaviour after the incident, is confident the fact both sides quickly issued apologies will have diffused the situation.
Vettori said: "Everyone has made the appropriate statements and I think it has diffused the situation quite quickly.
"From our position, we are grateful Paul made the stance he did and I sent our own apologies for a little bit of our own behaviour and from there I think we can move on.
"There shouldn't be any damage to the relationship between the two teams because both were sympathetic to each other's causes and what was going on.
"Now the dust has settled, 24 or 48 hours always tends to solve a lot of problems so I think both teams will go out there playing pretty hard but I don't think there will be any animosity between the sides."
Vettori added: "If England had won I think it would have made it more difficult. We moved on pretty quickly because of the result but I hope cool heads would still have prevailed at the end of the day's play.
"Even if we had lost, hopefully the same time-frame would have healed those wounds.
"I've never felt as angry as that over a cricket incident [as] on Wednesday. Anyone who knows me realises I'm not an angry person. I rarely get angry.
"That was a first for me. I look back on it and I was a little bit embarrassed by my own actions but the dust has settled now."
Vettori is a big admirer of Kevin Pietersen, who has been temporarily handed the captaincy.
But he knows the absence of Durham all-rounder Collingwood will leave a big gap to fill in the England middle order.
Vettori said: "Kevin is a guy I've played with [at Nottinghamshire] and against quite a bit. It seemed like the logical choice when Paul was unable to play to make him skipper.
"But I suppose for us it is about the gaping hole that Collingwood leaves. In our dressing room we think he is the best player because of the all-round capabilities he brings to the side.
"Pietersen obviously has huge shoes to fill but he is the sort of guy who seems to demand that sort of attention.
"From knowing Kevin, and the way he plays his game, I assume he is going to be reasonably aggressive so there may be some opportunities there with the way he sets fields, whatever it is.
"We are just going to have to sit tight and wait to see how he takes it on. In terms of exploiting it, I am not sure there are too many options in a one-off game."
Elliott will have a fitness test to see if he is okay to face England after suffering a bruised thigh in the collision with Sidebottom.
Vettori said: "He hasn't shaped up too well after and he is going to go through a pretty rigorous test but we are confident he will be all right. If he is, obviously he will be in the side.
"We want to put our full-strength side out and Grant's performances over the last three games have been outstanding so he is definitely in the team if he is fit."
