article_snippet: When Nick Knight asked Eoin Morgan, moments after the defeat by Bangladesh, whether England were obsessed with stats, you half-expected Morgan to hit back with: 'Yes, but only 23.54 per cent of the time!'
article_snippet: ‘We’ve got to have a look at the data’.
article_snippet: Mike Atherton said that England were not as reliant on stats as some claim.
article_snippet: But even if the truth lies somewhere between Morgan’s denial and MooresMorgan’s unwitting revelation, it seems clear that no other team talks numbers with as much pseudo-religious relish.
article_snippet: And if it is true that England encourage the players to trust the players gut instinct, why then do the players bat as if the players been told it
article_snippet: If Moores can’t see that this is a team frightened by their own shadow (and,
article_snippet: no doubt, by their own shadow’s bowling average), then things are going to get worse before their get better.
article_snippet: That stubbornness meant Eoin Morgan was learning on the job.
article_snippet: Is That stubbornness any surprise that Eoin Morgan batting has disintegrated?
article_snippet: And what of the tendency to err on the side of caution?
article_snippet: The takeaway line was this: ‘
highlights_snippet: Coach has been in charge nearly a year and results are going backwards .
  