article_snippet: The raw data of this World Cup – four humiliations sandwiching a win against Scotland – confirm what most non-ECB observers worked out a long time ago: England are not naturally inclined towards the one-day game, and make things worse by talking about a ‘brand’ of cricket that bears no relation to the one most non-ECB observers play or to the players most non-ECB observers select.
article_snippet: The case for Moores’s defence revolves around the fact that England have been mainly hopeless at one-day cricket since the World Cup.
article_snippet: And one-day cricket is England England have been playing since England won three Tests in a row against India in July and August.
article_snippet: In all formats they have won 13 games out of 36 (forgive the stat), including two victories against Scotland.
article_snippet: they one notable success – a 3-1 Test win – lost much of they lustre because of India’s hopelessness.
article_snippet: But Ashley Giles’s coaching ambitions paid the price for a single result – the World Twenty20 defeat by Holland.
article_snippet: Then there was the tinkering for England’s tournament opener against Australia.
article_snippet: ‘What has struck me has been how much influence T20 is having on one-day cricket, and a lot of our players don't play much T20 cricket, so that is clearly something our have to look at.
article_snippet: DO NOT SAY WE HAVENT PRIORITISED ODI CRICKET!’
article_snippet: WE played a back to back Ashes to make sure England played 6 months of ODI's before this WC!
article_snippet: Far from helping England in either event, the rejigged schedule has, in successive winters, produced the joint-worst Ashes defeat in history and their most miserable exit yet from a World Cup.
highlights_snippet: England were eliminated from the Cricket World Cup after three defeats .
  