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INDIANAPOLIS -- Indianapolis Colts coach Chuck Pagano put everything on the table this week.With a team still struggling to start fast, still struggling to protect Andrew Luck, still piecing together a defense that can live up to Paganos standards and still chasing their second win, he doesnt really have a choice.Something must change Sunday against Chicago, and it could begin to give Indys offense a whole new look.Its something that well continue to have dialogue about and with and talk about it as a staff, he said when asked about starting the game in the no-huddle.Pagano, of course, would prefer to keep the Bears (1-3) guessing all week, rather than dropping hints about any potential changes.Even if it is merely gamesmanship, its certainly time to contemplate making a switch.Indy has already been outscored 64-35 in the first half, while outscoring opponents 51-39 in the fourth quarter when they have largely been using the hurry-up offense to try and rally.The numbers, and Lucks 15 come-from-behind wins, have created a perception among fans that the Colts offense does its best work when Luck cranks up the pace and makes decisions on the fly.Luck isnt so sure.A lot of those up-tempos have been when were down big and maybe the defense is a little more soft, in a sense, he said after Wednesdays practice.But I dont think weve only been successful running the hurry-up offense. I think we can be successful with whatever is called.Indy (1-3) has had trouble executing the simplest plays this season, though.Last weekend, a wide-open Josh Ferguson dropped a screen pass that would have kept the Colts opening possession alive. Instead, Indy wound up punting.On the Colts next series, Dwayne Allen dropped a pass that would have taken Indianapolis inside Jacksonville territory. On the next play, Lucks batted ball was intercepted and set up the Jaguars first touchdown.The miscues have caused so much consternation among fans that theyre clamoring for the team to try something, anything to get Indy out of this early funk and a growing chorus is urging the Colts to use more no-huddle.Players think the fans have a point.It gives us a lot of advantages, receiver T.Y. Hilton said Wednesday. We can get the defense tired, it helps the offensive line (protect). If we go to it, we should be good with it. I like it.Making a switch comes with some real risks.Pagano has always preferred a balanced attack that includes a power ground game, a feature that could easily get lost when playing fast.Plus, with the Colts averaging 4.13 yards per first-down play, the second-lowest average in the league, failing to consistently pick up first downs could force the defense to stay on the field longer. Its a real concern for a team that has sabotaged itself with drops, penalties and sacks allowed.Its execution, its finishing a drive, its getting points, Luck said. Whatevers called, we just have to execute it better.But if throwing a change-up at the Bears prevents Indy from falling into another early deficit, enduring another bad first half or dealing with another loss, then Pagano could make the perfect pitch.Weve got to be better, he said. If youre 4-0, youve probably got the same problems going on, but nobodys talking about it. When youre 1-3, come on, what else are you going to talk about, your great record? Lets keep it real.Game notes After releasing starting inside linebacker Sio Moore on Tuesday, Pagano said he expected veteran Josh McNary and rookie Antonio Morrison to play the bulk of the snaps. Moore was the Colts leading tackler. ... Cornerback Darius Butler (hamstring), right tackle Joe Reitz (back) and right guard Denzelle Good (back) all did limited work at practice Wednesday. Running back Frank Gore (chest) and outside linebacker Erik Walden (chest) did not practice. ... Backup offensive lineman Jonotthan Harrison will not play Sunday after having an appendectomy last week. Pagano is hoping Harrison will return next week. ... DT Art Jones spoke to reporters for the first time in a month and said hell be ready to play as soon as the team clears him. 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The 2015 World Cup was clearly a debacle at the time, as England lost to Bangladesh and failed to qualify for the quarter-finals, but in the longer term it seems to have done English cricket plenty of good, as it shook the team management to make changes that were long overdue. Out went batsmen like Ian Bell and Gary Ballance, who couldnt keep up with the tempo of the modern 50-over game. In their stead came fearless hitters like Jason Roy and Alex Hales - batsmen who could consistently hit boundaries and werent afraid to attack from ball one. In the last year, the transformation of Englands batting, from tentative, caged and defensive to fearless, free-spirited and aggressive, has been quite sensational. Here are some of their ODI batting achievements from the last 13 months:Five of their seven highest ODI totals have come in this period (since June 2015), as have five of their seven fastest 100-plus scores (in terms of strike rates).In November last year against Pakistan, Jos Buttler scored a 52-ball unbeaten 116, which is the second-best strike rate in ODI history for an innings of 50-plus balls.Since April 2015, England have passed 300 ten times in 24 ODIs, the most by any team; in 36 ODIs between January 2014 and March 2015, they achieved it only six times.In The Oval ODI against Sri Lanka on Wednesday, England scored 309 in 40.1 overs, the third time they had scored at more than 7.5 in a run-chase in an ODI of 40 or more overs; all three have been in the last 13 months. They had never touched 6.8 in such a chase before June 2015.A comparison of their numbers in the 15 months till the 2015 World Cup and the period since then shows incredible improvement in all batting parameters. The average is up 34%, the run rate 21%, matches per century has improved by 51%, and the balls per six by 39%. With such huge improvements in batting numbers, its hardly surprising that their win-loss ratio has gone up from 0.565 to 1.33, an improvement of 136%.Since April 2015, England are the only team whose batsmen have collectively scored at a strike rate of more than 100. They also have an excellent conversion rate of 15 hundreds, out of 45 fifty-plus scores. Their balls per boundary is the lowest among all teams too. In the period between January 2014 and March 2015, they fared quite poorly on all those parameters: their strikke rate was seventh among the top nine teams, the average was below 30, while the batsmen struck a four or a six every 12.dddddddddddd44 balls.* Average and strike rate calculated on runs scored off the bat, excluding extras Englands batsmen have shown greater urgency throughout their innings over the last year, but the biggest difference has been in the middle overs. While the run rate has gone up by 18% in the first 15 and by 13% in the last ten, in the middle overs the increase has been almost 27%. Since thats also the largest chunk of an ODI innings, that difference in scoring rate has translated into a much larger total. During the years when the England team were clearly behind the leaders in the 50-over format, their batting in general, and especially the conservatism in the middle overs, was a huge factor for their poor results. Out of the top nine teams, their run rate of 4.98 in the middle overs was eighth, worse than all teams except Bangladesh.In the last year, though, they have surged ahead of all other teams and are the only ones scoring at more than a run a ball. Their balls per boundary has dropped from 15.86 to 9.35, a huge improvement of 41%. Four of their batsmen have scored 350-plus runs at better than a run a ball in the middle overs: Eoin Morgan (683 runs at a strike rate of 103), Joe Root (538 runs at 103), Jos Buttler (366 runs at 108), and Alex Hales (358 runs at 102). Together, these four batsmen have scored 59% of Englands total runs in the middle overs in the last year.* Balls per boundary (4 or 6) Those four batsmen have also been among Englands top run-getters overall during this period, along with Roy and Ben Stokes. Five of those six England batsmen have scored 600-plus runs at 40-plus averages and strike rates of more than 90, while Stokes has averaged 29 at a strike rate of 108. Those are the sort of numbers that England fans couldnt have dreamt of, from their top-order batsmen a few years ago. Hales has scored over 900 runs, while Morgan has almost as many despite a lean series in South Africa, thanks to an outstanding summer in 2015, when he scored 600 ODI runs in ten innings.England have clearly found their ODI mojo in the last year; it remains to be seen, though, if they can keep it going till the 2019 World Cup. ' ' '