England captain Paul Collingwood during defeat to the Netherlands Reuters

PAUL COLLINGWOOD has urged England to bounce back quickly from one of the most humiliating defeats in their history if they are to avoid an early exit from the ICC World Twenty20 tournament.

Last night's stunning six-wicket defeat by Holland at Lord's has left England needing victory over Pakistan at the Oval tomorrow if they are not to suffer an embarrassing departure from the event.

Having scored a competitive 162 for five against the Dutch minnows, England were humbled when Edgar Schiferli scrambled a second run to secure victory off the final ball of the match after Stuart Broad missed with his throw at the stumps.

As Holland celebrated deep into the night, England retreated to the dressing room but captain Collingwood has underlined the need to shrug off their disappointment if they are not to become the first casualty of the tournament.

"The boys are very disappointed but we have to bounce back, it's as simple as that"

"The boys are very disappointed but we have to bounce back, it's as simple as that," stressed Collingwood.

"We're still in the tournament, we have 24 hours to get our heads around it and we have to play a hell of a lot better on Sunday.

"Pakistan are obviously a very good side. They got to the final of the last Twenty20 World Cup, they're very skilful and we're going to have to be at our very, very best to beat that side but we can do it."

England hope to have Kevin Pietersen available again after he sat out last night's defeat with a recurrence of Achilles tendon problems and Collingwood insisted: "It's not out of the realms of possibility that we can win and we believe we can win that game.

"I think as individuals we have to pick ourselves up because there were some sad faces in that dressing room last night but we've got 24 hours to do that, we'll get our heads together, see what we can do better in the next game and hopefully take it onto the park."

Pietersen, who missed the one-day series against West Indies to rest his Achilles, had a scan and injection yesterday in an effort to cure him of the ongoing problem.

But with the Ashes series due to start in five weeks at Cardiff, Collingwood stressed they would take no risks with Pietersen - or anyone else - in the coming days.

"He woke up this morning and felt very sore and it was a surprise to him and more of a surprise to the rest of us," revealed Collingwood.

"The medical staff have had a good look at him and seen what they need to do for Sunday and I'm hoping he's going to be fit.

"We're obviously not going to take any major risks because we've all got a big year ahead of us, but this is now a must-win game for us on Sunday and if he's fit he'll be playing."