World Cup for England meant everything for them. Exactly a year ago England won their first-ever World Cup at Lords under the leadership of Irishman Eoin Morgan. Eoin Morgan, the captain of English limited over side did everything he could and his efforts didn’t vain. Captain Morgan’s journey to the victory of his side is also something that everyone else should know right from his early career to the final ball of Jofra Archer in the historic final.
Early career
Eoin Morgan has represented both England and Ireland at the international level and gained importance as a leader and dependent middle-order batsman in the side. He was the free stroke middle-order batsman in limited over format. He was born in Dublin, Ireland. At age of 17, played for Ireland U-19 team in the U-19 World Cup, later on, he finished as a second-highest run-getter in the tournament and raised his standard in the domestic arena.
International debut for Ireland
Morgan was consistent with the bat in domestic cricket and soon he got the opportunity to play for the national side. He made his ODI debut against Scotland in 2006. He was dismissed for 99 in his debut game and to date, he is the only player who was knocked out at 99 in history of the game. This knock was just the beginning of a great career, he went on scoring his first century for Ireland in 2007 and then he became the youngest non-sub continental player to score a century in ODIs. He also played the World Cup for his nation in 2007 but he failed to deliver at that big stage.
Playing for England
The southpaw gained his importance in England’s domestic circuit when he played for England Lions in a tour match against South Africa. He decided to quit playing for Ireland and his credibility as a player and his extraordinary game sense helped him to take his place in the 15-man squad for the World T20 for England. The Irish born continued playing for England and he got his importance as a No.4 and No.5 batsmen. He also played 52 IPL matches.
Captaining the English side
In 2014 Morgan was assigned as a full-time captain English limited-over side. He captained England in the 2015 World Cup, where Bangladesh knocked his side brutally. The exit raised questions on his leadership but the English team management stood with him and kept faith with him. He led England in finals of Wt20 in 2016, where the West Indies dismantled his side in the final over.
Achieving the World cup dream
Morgan and the team management eyed for the 2019 One Day World Cup. In the selection and the elimination process Morgan built a team that showed no scope of future results at the initial stage but as the time came by his team was the strongest competitor of the tournament. England won the 2019 World Cup and Morgan did something which many greats failed to do. First World Cup for England was the most awaited dream for the entire nation and Morgan was the man to accomplish the dream.
