ICC Champions Trophy 2017: 5 reasons why Asian teams have been so successful

#3 More mystery in the bowling attack

No more playing by the book

At a time when the bats have become broader and the boundaries have become shorter, orthodox bowling attacks without any variation art often found out.

This has been the case this year too when teams with better variety in their bowling attacks have marched on while teams with stoic resources have fallen by the wayside.

For all their panache, Australia were too one dimensional with their pace bowling stocks, New Zeland followed the same pattern and hence were never able to surprise their opponents and have been dumped out.