The 35-year-old batsman was named in a provisional squad for the 2023 tournament but, struggling with a back injury, he was ultimately dropped in favour of Harry Brook and he admitted he was left questioning a lot about the sport afterwards.

He told Telegraph Sport: “I’ve not spoken about this much. When I got dropped before the World Cup, it took a huge chunk out of me, mentally.

"It was something I was really looking forward to, had worked hard for, and I’d come out the back of some bad form and scored hundreds in the two series leading up to it.

"The back spasm came at a really bad time. The communication around that injury wasn’t great, and then I was dropped.

“It took a lot out of me as far as – who do I trust? You have played so many games for a team, and then suddenly… that is just the way it is. That is professional sport. It’s just the knock-on effect. I took myself away feeling pretty disheartened and gutted, all the feelings you get when dropped from a team. But it wasn’t just from the team, it was from the squad, for the World Cup.

“It feels like yesterday that I got that call from Jos. It’s not, it’s a long time ago now, but I’ve had to overcome a few things, so it’s gone very quickly.”

Jason struggled to watch the World Cup because he "couldn't understand " what had happened to the team and he was left disappointed when a promised call to let him know if he would be involved with the subsequent West Indies tour next came.

He said: “And then I saw on social media that the squads were out for the West Indies and I wasn’t in. No call had come. I thought, ‘Come on… that’s a bit…’”

“That was a conversation we eventually had, just a bit late."

Being axed after 185 England matches left Jason feeling "like he couldn’t trust anyone" and he is saddened by how his international career ended.

He said: “You don’t want to sound ungrateful and entitled but it is a shame [it ended like that].

“It didn’t feel right. The amount I played for England, what we had done as a squad. To just be shifted aside and not questioned again, that was the hard thing.”