YORKSHIRE batsman Gary Ballance wants to draw a line under England's dismal World Cup campaign when they return to the comfort of Test cricket this month.

England were a huge letdown on the global stage, underperforming even against their own modest expectations as they were dumped out at the group stage.

A period of intense soul-searching followed, with every member of the squad, head coach Peter Moores and the country's entire relationship with the 50-over format seemingly under the microscope.

But Ballance, whose struggles at number three typified England's travails, thinks the three-match tour of the West Indies represents a chance to begin again.

Critics may continue to jab at England for some time to come but Ballance, currently in action with the tourists in back-to-back two-day matches against St Kitts and Nevis, argued the time has come for the side to stop beating themselves up.

"It's been a tough winter but you have to move on," he said. "What's gone is gone, you have to move on and get better from it.

"We're obviously disappointed with how it went but you can't really dwell on it too much.

"You have to learn from what you did badly and try to get better, and that's what we're doing.

"It's a change of format now and we won our last three Tests so you have to take those positives into this series.

"We have to look at last summer and produce the same kind of cricket in this series."

Ballance looked thoroughly discomfited by his role in the one-day set-up but has an enviable Test record to look back on.

He hit three centuries in seven matches last summer and averages 60.75 in the longer form.

That is a far cry from a return of 36 in four World Cup innings, and it is easy to see why Ballance is happy to be unpacking the whites and facing the red ball again.

"Test cricket has gone well for me, so I have to look at what I did well last summer and take that on," he said.

"I played a few loose shots at the World Cup, but that's cricket. Sometimes it doesn't go for you and you get low scores. It happens.

"But last year went well, I got a few big scores and I'll take that into this series."

The 25-year-old was firm in his support for Moores, who is under severe pressure to deliver a convincing win in the Caribbean.

Having already been sacked from the job once in 2008, he again finds himself being scrutinised after a poor winter.

"For me, he's been brilliant," he said.

"Since I started working with him I've scored a few runs in Test cricket so I've only got good things to say about him. He's been brilliant with me and everyone else, he's been very good.

"Everyone's behind him and everyone's behind Cooky. We're focusing on winning this series and not looking too far ahead."