Eoin Joseph Gerard Morgan (born 10 September 1986) is an Irish cricketer who captains the England cricket team in limited overs cricket. A left-handed batsman, he plays county cricket for Middlesex and has played for England's Test, ODI and T20I teams. He originally represented his native Ireland at international level before switching to play for England in 2009. He was the first of only two players in history to score an ODI hundred for two nations and is particularly noted for his end of innings hitting ability, seeing him labelled as a 'finisher'. He is also noted as being a skilful player of the reverse sweep shot.
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.
Domestic career
Morgan scored his maiden first-class century for Middlesex on 5 July 2008 at Uxbridge. This was compiled from 250 balls. He achieved this against the touring South Africans before their Test series against England; the innings included three sixes off spinner Paul Harris. ] Morgan was part of Middlesex's victorious Twenty20 Cup winning side in 2008. He underlined his growing maturity after leading Middlesex to victory in the County Championship against Kent. After regular captain Shaun Udal was injured on the morning of the match, Morgan was named captain, at an age of just 22, having been chosen over senior playersOwais Shah, Chris Silverwood, Murali Kartik and Tyron Henderson. It was Middlesex's first four-day victory of the season. Udal returned to captain the side for the next match against Essex. He hit a six off the final ball of the innings to win a KFC Twenty20 Big Bash for the Sydney Thunder against the Melbourne Stars
IPL
Morgan took part in the 2010 Indian Premier League (IPL). In the preceding player auction, he was bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore for a sum of $220,000. However, he was frequently in and out of the side and was not given much opportunity.[12] Morgan was purchased by the Kolkata Knight Riders for $350,000 at the 2011 IPL auctions for the next 3 years
In 2014, Morgan decided not to enter IPL 2014 due to England playing an ODI series against Sri Lanka at home when IPL took place.
In 2015, Eoin Morgan decided to play the Indian Premier League and was bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad for $150,000. During the tournament he missed the England ODI game against Ireland. He also played 7 games for the Sunrisers in IPL 2016.
In 2017 IPL Auctions, he was bought by Kings XI Punjab for Rs. 2 Crore. He played until 30 April before returning to England for a training camp.
| Competition | Test | ODI | FC | LA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 16 | 200 | 94 | 322 |
| Runs scored | 700 | 6,031 | 4,867 | 9,589 |
| Batting average | 30.43 | 37.22 | 35.26 | 37.16 |
| 100s/50s | 2/3 | 11/35 | 11/23 | 18/54 |
| Top score | 130 | 124* | 209* | 161 |
| Balls bowled | – | – | 102 | 42 |
| Wickets | – | 2 | 0 | |
| Bowling average | – | – | 45.00 | – |
| 5 wickets in innings | – | – | 0 | – |
| 10 wickets in match | – | n/a | 0 | n/a |
| Best bowling | – | – | 2/24 | – |
| Catches/stumpings | 11/– | 75/0 | 72/1 | 113/0 |
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