Tannehills 39-yard pass to Jarvis Landry set up Miamis

Peter Moores may not have wanted to look at the data later but his apocryphal utterance after Englands shambolic exit from the 2015 World Cup has, in the finest cricket tradition, taken on a life of its own. Like Steve Waughs Youve just dropped the World Cup, mate or Brian Johnstons The bowlers Holding, the batsmans Willey, Moores supposedly needing a numerical breakdown of how England dropped their bundle against Bangladesh looks set to enter the canon.It has been debunked before, and the authors of 28 Days Data, a dissection of Englands failings at the last six World Cups, readily explain the crackly radio line that led to Moores being misquoted by the BBC in their prologue to the book. A prologue entitled Well have to look at the data. In a book named after the length of Englands disastrous campaign (28 days) and, yes, the D-A-T-A. Moores seems a very forgiving man but he is not going to hear the end of this one.He is just one of many former England players and coaches that Peter Miller and Dave Tickner (who you might know better as @TheCricketGeek and @tickerscricket) spoke to in putting together 28 Days Data, which features another infamously iconic moment from Englands white-ball history on the cover: Nasser Hussain raising three fingers at the Lords media centre. The book title is based on a film about a rage-inducing virus that turns people into zombies; no further explanation needed.But what caused the contagion? What turned England from the bright-eyed World Cup finalists of 1992 to the dead-men-stumbling who were knocked out in the first group stage when the tournament returned to Australia and New Zealand 23 years later? The most recent edition was so bad that Miller and Tickner liken it to a Greatest Hits compilation, and there is definitely a lost consonant there somewhere.There is quite a back catalogue to get through and the formula chosen is straightforward: visit each debacle in turn and talk to those involved. The initial fall was swift. Four years on from a strong side, led by Graham Gooch, being beaten by Imran Khans cornered tigers, England belatedly discovered the world was playing a different game - literally, in some cases, with Englands home ODIs still taking place in daylight with white clothes, a red ball and different fielding restrictions to those in other parts of the world.Preparation was also an issue (and was to become a theme). The 1996 World Cup was played in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka - so naturally England had not been to the subcontinent for three years previously. While Sri Lanka, the eventual winners, were tearing up the place with Sanath Jayasuriya and Romesh Kaluwitharana at the top of the order, Englands nod to innovation was to open (in three of their six games) with Neil Smith, the Warwickshire offspinner and occasional pinch-hitter best remembered for a cheeky on-pitch vomit, who had played a grand total of two ODIs going into the tournament.This was all before you bring the coach, Raymond Illingworth, and his eccentricities into the equation. I think we probably made the most of what we had, begins Illingworth in a rambling, reflective quote, during which he says he had played a lot more one-day cricket than the captain, Michael Atherton, criticises Athertons field placings and the bowlers bowling short and then concludes: We could have made better use of what we had.England making poor use of what little they had was the recurring problem, and most supporters will be familiar with the zesty collection of cock-ups that follows. The experiment with Adam Hollioake as a specialist one-day captain (appointed after five games, led England to victory in Sharjah, reign over inside a year) provided a brief glimpse of how things might have been, before the ECB went back to picking Test-shaped players to fill ODI-shaped holes - notably replacing Nick Knight with Hussain as opener (a role he had never performed before) on the eve of the 1999 World Cup. England, the hosts, were of course eliminated before the official World Cup song was even released (a song, incidentally, that Dave Stewart quietly repurposed for the Jackie Chan film Around the World in 80 Days a few years later). As Miller and Tickner put it: They had not only reverted to type, they had become more English than ever. It was verging on self-parody.No one, inevitably, looks back on any of Englands limited-overs floundering during the 1990s and 2000s with much fondness. Unfortunately, while the pathology was consistent and the diagnoses fairly unanimous (England didnt accord one-day cricket the same status as Tests, and were therefore doomed to repeat the same mistakes), that means there is not too much fresh light to shed. Andrew Strauss admits to errors in selection going into the 2011 World Cup, when England suddenly replaced Steven Davies with Matt Prior - that sent shockwaves through the team - and then subsequently took a punt on an untried Kevin Pietersen as opener, but such revelations dont quite qualify as English crickets version of The X-Files.Strauss may, however, have helped concoct the antidote, with his insistence since taking over as Englands director of cricket on treating the white-ball formats seriously. That has underpinned their startling renaissance since the Alpha-and-Omega failure last year. Moores gamely suggests the scale of that humiliation was the best thing that happened and seems to include his own removal from the coaching job among reasons to be optimistic. Whether the serum has a lasting effect, we are yet to find out; if not, expect 28 Days Data: Reanimated to be an even angrier sequel.28 Days Data Peter Miller and Dave Tickner Pitch Publishing 352 pages, ￡9.99 Case Keenum Jersey . -- PGA TOUR Canada member Steve Saunders took a three-stroke lead Saturday in the Web. Doug Williams Jersey . Sulaiman, 44, was chosen unanimously Tuesday in a vote by the leadership, the World Boxing Council said. Sulaiman becomes the sixth president of the organization. http://www.redskinsfansproshop.com/Redskins+Doug+Williams+Rush+Jersey.html?cat=1292 . One game after a miserable showing in Oklahoma City, Gay tied a career high with 41 points and the Sacramento Kings cruised to a 114-97 victory at the New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday night. Montez Sweat Redskins Jersey . 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Miami quarterback Ryan Tannehill said he was buoyed to see two Pittsburgh defenders become sick to their stomach late in the first half as players dealt with the 80-degree heat.Its definitely a glimpse of what we can do, Tannehill said. Now we just have to show up every week like this.Roethlisberger finished 19 for 34 with two interceptions. He hobbled to the locker room and missed one series late in the second quarter when he hyperextended his knee scrambling on a play that resulted in an interception by Reshad Jones.After the game, Roethlisberger had ice on both knees and a bruise in the middle of his back. An MRI on his knee was planned.It happened before I threw the ball, Roethlisberger said. I felt something funny in my knee. Well pray its nothing too serious.Roethlisberger also tweaked his right knee on the Steelers final play.He had only 83 yards passing with 5 minutes left before he drove Pittsburgh 97 yards for a touchdown that made it 23-15. Miami recovered the ensuing onside kick, and on the next play Ajayi scored on a 62-yard run.Pittsburghs only other touchdown came in the first quarter when Darrius Heyward-Bey scored on a 60-yard end around. Antonio Brown, the NFLs leading receiver, was held to four receptions for 39 yards. Teammate Sammie Coates, playing with a hand injury, didnt have a catch.The Dolphins were one-touchdown underdogs at home, but the score could have been more lopsided had they not repeatedly squandered chances in the red zone. They had a 13-minute advantage in time of possession in the biggest win yet for first-year coach Adam Gase.I think what today proved to a lot of our guys and coaches what you possibly could be, Gase said.dddddddddddd But this league is week to week. Once we hit next Sunday, nobody is going to care about what we did this week.GOOD BLOCKINGThe Dolphins started the game with their top five offensive linemen on the field together for the first time this year. How much difference did that make?You tell me, Gase said. A lot, right? It makes a big difference when we have holes and the quarterback is not on his back.The Steelers failed to sack Tannehill after he was taken down six times a week earlier against Tennessee. Second-year pro Ajayi took advantage by surpassing 100 yards rushing for the first time.TANNEHILLS DAYTannehill, booed by fans a week ago, drew only cheers while going 24 for 32 for 252 yards, including a pair of long throws.He slipped from the grasp of 352-pound Daniel McCullers to throw a 53-yard pass to MarQueis Gray that set up a field goal. Tannehills 39-yard pass to Jarvis Landry set up Miamis first touchdown with 21 seconds left in the first half for a 16-8 lead.DIVIDED ALLEGIANCES?The crowd appeared evenly divided early, with many fans waving yellow towels for every play that went the visitors way. But as Miami pulled away in the second half, it seemed the entire stadium was singing the Dolphins fight song.MISSED CHANCESTwice Miami settled for a field goal after it appeared Tannehill had thrown a touchdown pass. DeVante Parker dropped a throw in the end zone, and a TD catch by Dominque Jones was negated by a penalty for illegal formation.Andrew Franks kicked three field goals, but missed a 50-yarder and had a 24-yarder blocked.INJURY REPORTDolphins: CB Tony Lippett left with a hamstring injury. TE Dion Sims was evaluated for a possible concussion.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and http://twitter.com/AP-NFL---Follow Steven Wine on Twitter: http://twitter.com/Steve-Wine. His work can be found at http://bigstory.ap.org/content/steven-wine ' ' '