Eoin Morgan’s dream of playing for England in the ICC World Cup comes true
England’s star middle-order batsman Eoin Morgan, who has been included in the ICC World Cup 2011 squad as a replacement for injured Kevin Pietersen, said that his participation in the mega event for England was a dream come true for him.
The promising batsman said, “I have played a World Cup for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ireland-c751. But all through that World Cup, I said I wanted to play for England - which has always been the bigger picture and bigger plan - so it is a dream come true.”
Commenting on his role in the team, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Morgan-c77708 explained, “I find coming in, in the middle overs and being a left-hander and playing spin okay is one of the better parts of my game, so I love batting at five.”
England have suffered a number of injury problems during the past few months. After the team’s successful Ashes campaign against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c749 was the injury to Morgan, which
initially ruled him out of the World Cup.
However, the World Cup didn’t go as expected for the Poms, as they continued to struggle with injury problems. They lost two of the most important members, Stuart Broad and Kevin Pietersen, during the tournament. This opened the door for the likes of Morgan
and Chris Tremlett, who will be replacing the injured players.
England are looking to win their first-ever World Cup, and to do that they will need Morgan to score big runs for them in the middle-order. However, it will be a big ask for the Poms, as they will have to rethink their strategy for the remainder of the tournament.
Morgan compared his team’s performance in the World Cup so far to the Twenty20 World Cup 2010, which England eventually won. He said that his team struggled to make it through to the group stages, but emerged as winners.
The Stylish batsman claimed that this year would be the same for his team, as they had saved their best performances for the latter part of the tournament. England will next play http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 in their group B match on Friday, 11th March.
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