article_snippet: But it just sent a message to England’s players that England’s players were going to prod England’s players way through the middle overs and then have a go in the last 15.
article_snippet: And it was a policy that brought England 309 that in the old days would probably be enough.
article_snippet: Contrast that with Sri Lanka.
article_snippet: Sri Lanka must have looked at England and laughed to see two such key players being under-used and, worse, not being used at all.
article_snippet: Then we have bowling that was just too one-dimensional to make any sort of impact on Sri Lanka.
article_snippet: Anything to get a bit more variety into the attack because the bowlers offered Morgan nothing in Wellington.
article_snippet: the bowlers offered Eoin Morgan nothing in Wellington just never looked like getting people out, even if a couple of chances did go down.
highlights_snippet: Sri Lanka beat England by nine wickets and something needs to change .
  
highlights_snippet: The bowling was one-dimensional and there were players out of position .
  