Ian Bell immediately looked forward after England had wrapped up the npower Test series with victory over Bangladesh.

The Warwickshire batsman picked up the man-of-the-match award for his 128 at Old Trafford, helping England to victory by an innings and 80 runs.

He said at the post-match presentation, televised by Sky Sports 1: "You have to keep proving yourself and keep improving and I'm desperate to put in some more big performances for the team in the next 12 months."

Bell continued: "My play of spin has improved over the winter and my footwork was going nicely - I enjoyed it.

"It was a reality check having to go back to Warwickshire to get some form and win my place back.

"I've tried to fight hard for England, maybe that's what I've not done in the past...when the circumstances are tough, digging in for the team. It's nice to produce that."

Matt Prior weighed in with 93 and Bell added: "We have always batted well together - it was good to go out and score some runs again."

Steven Finn was named England's man of the series - but despite five wickets in the second innings he found room for improvement.

He added: "The other guys bowled a lot better than me but luckily it was me that took the wickets.

"I bowled better at Lord's and there are a lot of areas to improve - going at more than four an over is not ideal really in a Test match.

"It's about putting the right amount of balls in the right areas -

I've bowled too many four balls and been a bit loose at times.

"It's been very challenging. It's easy to cope mentally when you are winning but physically two Tests take it out of you - the intensity of it."

On his struggle to keep his feet on his follow-through, the Middlesex paceman added: "It's something I've done every now and again but not this regularly before - it's something worth looking at.

"When the wicket breaks up I can slide about a bit more, so if it means coming from further back in the crease so be it."

England captain Andrew Strauss revealed enforcing the follow on was a straightforward decision for him.

He said: "The wicket was deteriorating so it was tempting to battle again but we came in last night and saw the forecast, then when we turned up here today...it was an easy decision to make.

"I'm pretty happy with our work over the two Tests. There are a lot of good things to come out of it but we are also aware there are more tests to come in the future. We're happy with how we've performed."

"Ajmal Shazad and Steven Finn have shown they've got the capability it takes to play at this level - but against Tamim Iqbal we were resorting to Plan D and E by the end, he was smacking us everywhere. Fair play to him, he played a fantastic innings.

"We can improve with the new ball but sometimes you've got to give credit to the way they play.

After hailing the contributions of Jonathan Trott at Lord's and Bell and Finn in Manchester, Strauss added: "There is still work to do. We are not kidding ourselves we're the number one side in the world on what we've done in the last couple of games."

Team director Andy Flower said: "It's very good to win both matches convincingly and continue some of the momentum built up over the winter.

"I think Eoin Morgan can be a Test player. He handles pressure well and I think we got little glimpses of him playing a different way. I think he can incorporate his attacking ways into Test cricket.

"It would be nice if Steven Finn didn't fall down as often as he does. I think he has some strength work that he can do - he can develop physically and improve in various areas of his game in the skills department but he's a smart young man.

"Shazad showed good pace today...it was good getting a look at him - he showed a lot of promise."

England achieved the series success without recent regulars Paul Collingwood and Stuart Broad and Flower added: "There's healthy competition for all places.

"We have a clear idea who we would bring in if Graeme Swann got injured but there is space and time during the season for people to push their names forward.

"We've got a very important series against Australia coming up and we are meeting to select that squad in the middle of this week. It's very important to continue our winning ways."

Bangladesh man of the series Tamim said his team-mates "need to work harder". The opening batsman scored 268 runs in the series at an average of nearly 67 and said: "I've worked harder than the others. They need to work harder.

"There are lots of tournaments ahead and we need to work hard as a team. I'm sure we'll put up a better show the next time we play.

"The team performance matters but individually it's nice to get some runs in England."

Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan said: "We didn't want to finish the series like this. We've done well for the last 12 months but this match ran away.

"There are some positive things we can learn but our middle order batsmen need to work.

"We are improving every day. We will win some games and that will give us confidence - but we are a much better one-day side."

Coach Jamie Siddons added: "I've got to pick the boys up again. We are used to having terrible sessions but in big pressure our boys don't cope that well.

"Situations come along and they don't cope, so I've got to teach them. A lot is technical but the mental side is not great as well.

"There is a lot of inexperience but there are no senior players so it will come from me and Tamim and his work ethic.

"It was set up for us to make a score of 450 or more but for some unknown reason our better players didn't cope in these conditions and it's really disappointing.

"A lot is to do with spin, when it spun a lot we were in a lot of trouble."

Asked about Tamim, the Australian added: "I think you guys (the media) are helping me by telling him to pull his head in a bit - he listens to what you say."