Nasser Hussain lauded the captaincy of Alastair Cook, who has led England to a 1-0 Test series advantage against West Indies.
Former England captain Hussain has previously been critical of Cook, claiming in July that his leadership would not be missed when the national side was amid a 10-match winless run in the five-day format.
But, in a Daily Mail column, Hussain has credited Cook with steering England back to winning ways, with four wins and one draw coming since he slammed the struggling opening batsman.
"[James] Anderson may have won it with his extraordinary display but the key to me in England going one-up was the captaincy and batting of Alastair Cook," Hussain wrote, referring to England's second-Test victory in Grenada.
"There were times during the Ashes when it was very clear who was leading Australia on the field but not so obvious who was in charge of England.
"Arms were being waved everywhere and, if you did not know Cook was the England captain, you would never have guessed it from watching them.
"Yet now he looks completely in charge of this England team. Whether it is because he has a young team or whether he has simply said, 'Sod it, I've taken a lot of criticism and now I'm going to do it my way,' I don't know.
"But even on the fourth evening when West Indies were only two down and the match looked destined to be a draw Cook was still impressive in the field.
"He seems to be on top of the big two senior bowlers in Anderson and Stuart Broad, as was made clear in the first Test when he had a little argument over fielding positions with Anderson and very much got his own way."
England can seal the series if they avoid defeat in the third Test in Bridgetown starting May 1, but Hussain said Cook still had to continue to prove his credentials against tougher opposition.
"The test, of course, will come when Brad Haddin is flailing it to all parts at some point this summer and the wheels are coming off Anderson and Broad," Hussain, who captained England in 45 Tests from 1999 to 2003, continued.
"That is when Cook will need to show the same presence and leadership [he has shown in the West Indies]."