England have denied that their worst ever World Cup has been the result of them being tied up in knots by an obsession with statistics and analysis . The lack of freedom in their batting and their apparent reluctant to think on their feet while bowling has been the biggest problem for England in a World Cup where they have failed to live up to even the most modest of expectations . And Peter Moores appeared to sum up their whole constipated approach when he said in the aftermath of England ’ s humiliating defeat by Bangladesh that he would have to ‘ look at the data ’ to see what went wrong . Paul Farbrace speaks to the assembled media ahead of England 's dead rubber against Afghanistan on Friday . Ian Bell is pictured arriving at Sydney Airport following England 's embarrassing defeat against Bangladesh . James Taylor reacts after he loses his wicket en route to a humiliating defeat against Bangladesh . Yet Paul Farbrace , the man who led Sri Lanka to the Asia Cup and the World Twenty20 titles last year before throwing in his lot with England , says that whatever has led to England ’ s shortcomings here , it is not statistics . ‘ There has been a lot said about stats and team meetings , ’ said assistant coach Farbrace . ‘ But when I was with Sri Lanka we had a lot more meetings and looked at stats a lot more than England do . There ’ s no question about that . ‘ We had a team of six people working with Sri Lanka during the World Twenty20 who provided us with data straight after a game and the next day . Our preparation from fantastic statistics helped us win the final. ’ It is Moores who is accused of being driven by the numbers . ‘ It ’ s tough on him but he accepts the criticism and knows it comes with the territory , ’ said Farbrace . ‘ It ’ s unfair that Peter is the one in the spotlight . We ’ re all in this together and we ’ re all responsible for what has happened. ’ The theory that England have been stifled by outdated plans has been given credence by the fact that captain Eoin Morgan , who was expected to be a free spirit here , has repeatedly brought up statistics in press conferences . ‘ I can ’ t answer for them . I can ’ t say why they said that , ’ said Farbrace of Moores and Morgan . ‘ All I know is we ’ re not spending hours talking about statistics and numbers . We don ’ t do that . Bangladesh celebrate their shock victory over England in the World Cup earlier this week . Eoin Morgan was expected to be a free spirit at the World Cup but has been bogged down by statistics . ‘ What we do is allow people to look at footage . Everybody has analysis of the opposition downloaded onto their iPads and it ’ s up to them if they want to look at it or not . There are lots of different ways that people like to learn . ‘ For instance , Ian Bell is someone who is very well planned and methodical . He wants to know how many net bowlers we have , whether there ’ s a left-arm seamer , how many right-handers there are . And he probably studies the footage in detail . But Moeen Ali will come up to me and say ‘ listen Farb , I ’ m not interested in what ’ s on my iPad , I just want to go and bat . And he has had praise for his approach . You have to cater for everybody. ’ Farbrace has created an excellent impression around the England team amid the wreckage of this tour and , with his experience of leading Sri Lanka to limited-overs success , it would not be a surprise if he takes greater responsibility for the ‘ new era ’ of one-day cricket they have to produce . ‘ There will be a lot of discussion and debate about how we move forward and what the next step is , ’ said Farbrace . ‘ We have the Caribbean series where there will be a few changes and Alastair Cook and others will come back . ‘ We made good progress in Test cricket with the Indian series last year and we have to keep building on that . One-day cricket is a completely different story and we have to make sure that by the time we play New Zealand in 50-over cricket this summer we have clear direction . ‘ There ’ s a fantastic opportunity now for players in county cricket to stick their hands up and say ‘ there are spaces in that England team and I ’ m going to take my chance ’ . There has never been a better time for people to do that to be honest . ’
England were knocked out of the World Cup after they lost to Bangladesh . captain page ##ley stated he would have ' to look at the data ' after the defeat . Comments attracted criticism and appeared to sum up bowler 's approach . But Paul Farbrace has insisted England are not obsessed with cricket . England face Afghanistan on Friday in their final game of the tournament .