Eoin Morgan

Morgan in 2013

Personal information

Full name

Eoin Joseph Gerard Morgan

Born

10 September 1986 (age 30)
Dublin, Ireland

Nickname

Moggie

Height

5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)

Batting style

Left-handed

Bowling style

Right-arm medium

Role

Middle-order batsman, ODI and T20 Captain

International information

National side

England (2009–present)
Ireland (2003–2009)

Test debut (cap 649)

27 May 2010
England v Bangladesh

Last Test

3 February 2012
England v Pakistan

ODI debut (cap 208/12)

5 August 2006
Ireland v Scotland

Last ODI

22 January 2017
England v India

ODI shirt no.

Domestic team information

Years

Team

2006–present

Middlesex (squad no. 7)

2010

Royal Challengers Bangalore

2011–2013

Kolkata Knight Riders

2013–2014

2015–2016

2016–present

2017–present

2017–present

Career statistics

Competition	Test	ODI	FC	LA
Matches	16	173	93	291
Runs scored	700	5,193	4,791	8,546
Batting average	30.43	37.63	34.97	37.15
100s/50s	2/3	9/31	11/22	16/48
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/–	68/–	71/1	106/–

Source: ESPNcricinfo, 22 January 2017

Eoin Joseph Gerard Morgan (born 10 September 1986) is a cricketer who captains the England national cricket team in One Day Internationals and Twenty 20 International. A left-handed batsman, he plays county cricket for Middlesex and has been selected for England's Test, ODI and Twenty20 squads. He originally represented his native Ireland at international level before switching to play for England. He was the first and is one of the 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. Eoin Morgan Father is Jody Morgan, and Mother is Olivia Morgan.

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. He had already captained England in ODIs against Ireland, Australia and Sri Lanka and in T20Is against India. New Zealand, West Indies and Sri Lanka.

Morgan was born in Dublin and educated at the Catholic University School on Leeson Street, where he won three senior cup titles for the school. In his early teens Morgan played hurling twice a week and this helped develop his skills as a batsman, particularly as the grip for hurling is the same as for the reverse sweep. During this time he also briefly attended Dulwich College to further his cricketing education and it was here that his ambition to play for England began. Morgan represented Ireland's youth teams and was capped at Under-15 and Under-17 level. He was selected in the Irish Under-19 squad for the 2004 Under-19 World Cup, and was Ireland's top run-scorer in the competition. Two years later, he captained Ireland in the 2006 Under-19 World Cup where he finished as the second-highest overall run-scorer. He also plays for Finchley CC.

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