8 minute readEngland were a one-day team who didn’t know how to top 300 – didn’t even dare to try. Eoin Morgan turned them into the best flat track batting side there’s ever been. It’s worth taking stock of the scale of that transformation and the conviction of the captain who achieved
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Why Eoin Morgan should definitely stand in the way of a World Cup win
2 minute readWe’re gravely worried about Eoin Morgan. We’re worried he’s lost sight of the basics. Speaking to Sky Sports earlier this week, Morgan suggested that he would consider dropping himself if he couldn’t regain batting form. He did however also make a point of saying that he’d come out of every
Continue readingWhy Eoin Morgan got his first-choice team against India when Joe Root didn’t
5 minute readEngland are finally putting out their first team. And people aren’t happy. Speaking ahead of the T20 series against India, Eoin Morgan came as close as anyone has so far to articulating the principles underpinning England’s 2021 squad rotation policy. (We’re not going to call it a ‘controversial’ squad rotation
Continue readingThe Ultimate Kricket Challenge looks delightfully half-baked and bonkers and Kevin Pietersen seems to be at risk of being set on fire
3 minute readHere’s a thing. Six lads that you’ve heard of are going to play a one-on-one form of cricket called the Ultimate Kricket Challenge this Christmas and New Year. (Or at least that’s when it’s going to be broadcast on Star Sports and Disney Hotstar.) The lads in question are Rashid
Continue readingEoin Morgan had never tried coffee until last week. What does that say about him?
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< 1 minute read2019 Cricket World Cup, Game 24, Afghanistan v England
Continue readingThe Alex Hales affair: Street brawls, naked selfies and recreational drugs not part of ‘team culture’ says Eoin Morgan
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Continue readingEoin Morgan sees first-class cricket as providing important groundwork for short format success
2 minute readThe rarely-sighted White-Clothed Morgan was thought to have been extinct, but there are now hopes that it could return to its habitat at Lord’s as early as this summer. In a week in which Adil Rashid and Alex Hales both pressed pause on their first-class careers, Morgan has once again
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