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| Full name | Eoin Joseph Gerard Morgan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 September 1986 Dublin, Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Captain Morgan, Moggie, Morgs[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Middle-order batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 649) | 27 May 2010 England v Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 3 February 2012 England v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 12/208) | 5 August 2006 Ireland v Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 19 June 2022 England v Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 45) | 5 June 2009 England v Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 23 January 2022 England v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2023 | Middlesex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2013, 2020-2021 | Kolkata Knight Riders | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Gazi Tank Cricketers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013/14–2016/17 | Sydney Thunder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Peshawar Zalmi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Kings XI Punjab | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Barbados Tridents | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Karachi Kings | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Tshwane Spartans | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2023 | London Spirit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Eoin Joseph Gerard Morgan CBE (born 10 September 1986) is an Irish and English former cricketer and current commentator. He captained the England cricket team in limited overs cricket from 2015 until his international retirement in June 2022. He is widely considered as one of the greatest ever captains of England.[2] Under his captaincy, England won the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup, the first time they won the tournament, along with reaching the finals of the 2016 ICC World Twenty20, where the team lost to the West Indies by 4 wickets. Morgan was a member of the England team that won the 2010 ICC World Twenty20.
A left-handed batsman, Morgan played county cricket for Middlesex and England's Test, One Day International (ODI), and Twenty20 International (T20I) teams. He previously played for the Ireland cricket team (the country of his birth) in ODIs, and was the first player to score an ODI hundred for two nations.
After Alastair Cook was removed from the ODI captaincy on 19 December 2014, Morgan was named as the England captain for the 2015 Cricket World Cup, having already captained England in ODIs and T20Is as a stand-in. He is the only England captain to have scored more than 4 ODI centuries. As of June 2022[update], Morgan is the all-time leading run scorer and most-capped player for England in both ODI and T20I matches.[3] During the 2019 ICC World Cup he scored the highest number of sixes in an ODI innings, with 17 sixes against Afghanistan.
In March 2021, Morgan became the first male cricketer for England to play in 100 T20Is (57 as captain), in the third match against India.[4]
On 13 February 2023, he announced his retirement from all forms of the game.[5][6]
- ^ "Eoin Morgan player profile". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 17 April 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2011.
- ^ "Eoin Morgan is England's greatest white-ball captain and a revolutionary batter, says Nasser Hussain". Sky Sports. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
- ^ "England vs Pakistan, 3rd ODI: Eoin Morgan to surpass Paul Collingwood as England's most-capped player". Cricket Country. 14 May 2019. Archived from the original on 14 May 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
- ^ "Eoin Morgan set to become 1st England cricketer to play 100 T20Is". Wion News. 15 March 2021. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- ^ "EOIN MORGAN ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT FROM ALL FORMS OF CRICKET". Middlesexccc.com. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
- ^ "England's World Cup-winning captain Morgan retires". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
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