S Rajesh's Numbers Game very well illustrates how plays in last ten overs peg us back -
Teams with bat and ball in last ten overs of ODIs since Jan 2009 Team | Bat ave | Run rate | Bowl ave | Econ rate | Diff in ave | Diff in run rate |
Australia | 24.53 | 7.44 | 17.90 | 6.96 | 6.63 | 0.48 |
South Africa | 25.15 | 7.93 | 19.21 | 7.47 | 5.94 | 0.46 |
West Indies | 18.42 | 7.64 | 21.94 | 7.21 | -3.52 | 0.43 |
New Zealand | 21.36 | 7.14 | 19.42 | 6.83 | 1.94 | 0.31 |
Zimbabwe | 23.07 | 7.34 | 22.21 | 7.15 | 0.86 | 0.19 |
Pakistan | 18.35 | 7.06 | 24.53 | 6.96 | -6.18 | 0.10 |
Sri Lanka | 21.14 | 7.04 | 25.40 | 6.96 | -4.26 | 0.08 |
England | 17.97 | 7.17 | 20.31 | 7.16 | -2.34 | 0.01 |
India | 26.72 | 7.26 | 21.87 | 7.60 | 4.85 | -0.34 |
Bangladesh | 17.34 | 6.26 | 23.40 | 7.26 | -6.06 | -1.00 |
http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine...ry/497612.html
This is something we got to fix. We have been banking on the wrong duo (Riyad-Naeem) for acceleration in end overs, Siddons got to find a new pair there.