The editor of Cricket Statistician analyses recent events

SIMON SWEETMAN

Positive: Eoin Morgan has vowed to attack

Eoin Morgan has vowed that in the Champions Trophy England will attack all the time – when batting. But what are the prospects for teams who attack when they are bowling as well? England have always praised “bowling dry”, keeping the runs down, and indeed ever since the start of the one-day game, bowling teams have been preoccupied with defence.
They persistently used dibbly-dobbly medium pacers (with little or no expectation of taking wickets) until bat...