Category Archives: Eoin Morgan
Eng v SL live: Prior kicks on, Lord’s, day one, evening
Cook falls four short of another hundred but England just on top Close: Second Test, day one, Lord’s Match score: England 342-6 (Prior 73*, Broad 17*) Session score: England 177-2 England win England rattled along at almost five an over during … Continue reading
Eng v SL live: England build commanding lead, Cardiff, day four, evening
Trott and Bell continue home side’s dominance on another shortened day Close: First Test, day four, Cardiff Match score: England 491-5 (Bell 98*, Morgan 14*; Cook 133, Trott 203) lead Sri Lanka 400 (Paranavitana 66, Dilshan 50, P Jayawardene 112) … Continue reading
Morgan right choice, but what about Cardiff?
England have made exactly the right decision in selecting Eoin Morgan ahead of Ravi Bopara for the No 6 batting position in the opening Test against Sri Lanka. In my view the easier call would have been to pick Bopara, … Continue reading
Finn and Morgan should be playing for Middlesex: Codrington
Middlesex chief executive Vinny Codrington has criticised the playing of England Lions matches during the domestic season. Codrington believes that Middlesex pair Steven Finn and Eoin Morgan, for example, should not be representing the Lions in a four-day game against … Continue reading
John Emburey: Pietersen must stretch himself to secure Test spot
Ravi Bopara, Eoin Morgan and James Hildreth are going head-to-head this week for the right to succeed Paul Collingwood in the England Test side. All three are playing for the England Lions in a four-day game against Sri Lanka at … Continue reading
Why Eoin Morgan should be England ODI captain: Daniel Brigham
There are two assumptions doing the rounds at the moment. The first is that Eoin Morgan will take Paul Collingwood’s place in the Test side. The other is the imminent resignation of Andrew Strauss from the one-day captaincy. The first … Continue reading
The XI Flags Of Convenience
It is not just England’s top order who have learned their cricket in one country but played for another. By Patrick Kidd 1 Eoin Morgan The only man to score an ODI hundred for two different nations, the Dublin-born Morgan … Continue reading
England’s surprise batting order: Lawrence Booth
A kind of delirium appears to have descended on England. Like the sole survivor of a plane crash, they may just be beginning to believe in their own invulnerability – which, in the absence of a discernible strategy and with … Continue reading
John Emburey: England facing serious World Cup questions
Even if England manage to beat the West Indies in their final group match I cannot see them progressing beyond the quarter-finals of this World Cup. And, unless there is a remarkable turnaround in form and performance, I think that … Continue reading
Richard Gibson: Morgan, Old Trafford and Attitude
Old Trafford is not the only county venue to be undergoing a makeover in partnership with Tesco. The supermarket giants will open a new flagship store in Stretford as part of the £70million council-backed redevelopment which it is hoped will … Continue reading