England one-day captain Eoin Morgan goes back to his roots in Ireland for ECB documentary
Written by News on 02/05/2019
England have made significant strides forward under white-ball captain Eoin Morgan – but the Ireland-born batsman recently went back to his roots for ECB documentary No Boundaries.
Watch the video above to see Morgan – whose captaincy has been crucial in helping England ascend to No 1 in the ICC ODI rankings and become favourites for the World Cup – return to his first club Rush, in County Dublin, and then on to Ireland’s home ground of Malahide.
Morgan will be in action at Malahide on Friday, live on Sky Sports Cricket from 10.30am, as England play Ireland in a one-off one-day international, their first match in a massive summer of cricket.
In No Boundaries, Morgan reminisces on using an “old keg of empty beer as stumps” while playing at Rush, offers some words of advice to the club’s current young hopefuls, and hears how the first-class structure in Ireland has given players in the country something to aim for.
The 32-year-old also heads off to his old street, explaining how he was criticised for playing a “British” sport, how The Troubles in Northern Ireland impacted on him, and the moment he knew he wanted to play Test cricket for England, a dream he achieved 16 times between 2010 and 2012.
Morgan – England’s all-time leading run scorer in ODIs with 6,069 in 194 matches – is soon off to Malahide to reflect on scoring an unbeaten century against the side he represented in 23 one-day internationals, when Ireland hosted England in 2013.
For all that, plus how his family has helped him succeed in cricket, watch Eoin Morgan: No Boundaries in in the video at the top of the page.
England Women’s seamer Katherine Brunt also featured on an episode of No Boundaries, which you can watch by hitting this link.
Watch England’s ODI against Ireland, at Malahide, live on Sky Sports Cricket from 10.30am on Friday. The one-off Twenty20 international with Pakistan, in Cardiff, is then live on Sky Sports Cricket from 2pm on Sunday.
You can watch every match of the Cricket World Cup on Sky Sports Cricket, starting with England vs South Africa on Thursday, May 30.
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