Ten reasons why England will be world No. 1
England have been going through a purple patch in all three forms of the game recently
Tariq Engineer
25-Feb-2013
England have been going through a purple patch in all three forms of the game recently. They lifted the World Twenty20 trophy, knocked Australia over in their ODI series and tamed Pakistan in under four days at Trent Bridge. In the Daily Telegraph, Simon Hughes lists ten reasons why England will soon be top of the cricketing tree.
Much of this has been achieved through attention to detail, orchestrated by Flower. He has drawn his influences from a number of sources, notably Moneyball, the book by Michael M Lewis that reinvented how baseball players were analysed. England spend more on research and have better facilities than any other country, and are reaping the rewards.
But there is a human element too, centered around a collection of specialist coaches as astute as any in the game. Their achievements disprove the old theory that coaches are vehicles that transport you to the game.
Tariq Engineer is a former senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo