WINTER OF DISCONTENT IN NUMBERS 43.33 5.75

72.8 WOEFUL bowling average of England’s attack, excluding Stuart Broad and Jimmy Anderson. The veteran duo averaged 29.82 between them. BATTING average of skipper Joe Root — the best of any of England’s batsmen. No other batsman averaged more than 37. BATTING average of Alastair Cook in New Zealand. Across his previous six Test matches in NZ he averaged 35.16. 4 NUMBER of centuries scored by England this winter — Jonny Bairstow contributed two and Dawid Malan and Alastair Cook hit one each.