Eoin Morgan

Eoin Joseph Gerard Morgan (born 10 September 1986) is an Irish and English former cricketer and current commentator.

Morgan was born on 10 September 1986 in Dublin and brought up in Rush, where his father Jody was from; his mother Olivia is English.

He learned to play cricket at Rush Cricket Club, where his father was Third XI captain.

He was educated at the Catholic University School on Leeson Street, where he played in three Leinster Senior Schools Cup champion teams.

In his early teens, Morgan played hurling twice a week.

Often questioned as to its influence in the development of his skills as a batsman, Morgan downplays this, aside from possibly the reverse sweep, where the grip is the same as for hurling.

During this time, he also briefly attended Dulwich College in south London to further his cricketing education and it was here that his ambition to play for England began.

He represented Ireland's youth teams and was capped at Under-13, Under-15 and Under-17 level, eventually he became Ireland's youngest senior international.

He spent a number of summer spells with Middlesex's under-age setup.

He was selected in the Irish under-19 squad for the 2004 Under-19 Cricket 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 has also played for Finchley CC.

He is the leading runscorer in U19 Cricket World Cup history with an aggregate of 606 runs.

Morgan scored his maiden first-class century for Middlesex on 5 July 2008 at Uxbridge.

This was compiled from 250 balls 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 players Owais 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.

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.

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 in and out of the side and was not given much opportunity.

Morgan was purchased by the Kolkata Knight Riders for $350,000 at the 2011 IPL auctions for the next 3 years.

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.

, Morgan is the all-time leading run scorer and most-capped player for England in both ODI and T20I matches.

He decided not to enter IPL 2014 due to England playing a home ODI series against Sri Lanka while the IPL took place.

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.

In 2015, Morgan played in the Indian Premier League and was bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad for $150,000.

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.

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.

On 13 February 2023, he announced his retirement from all forms of the game.

In January 2020, Morgan was named as the captain for Middlesex's T20 team for the 2020 Vitality Blast campaign.

"I'm delighted to be awarded the T20 Captaincy. The role is one that I have really enjoyed. We’ve got an exciting group of players here at Middlesex, with plenty of talent and a good blend of youth and experience, and I'm really looking forward to helping the club build on the improvements we made in this format last year", Morgan's statement read upon assuming the captain's role.