Having led England to a maiden 50-over World Cup triumph at home in July, Eoin Morgan has now shifted his focus towards next year’s T20 World Cup, slated to be held in Australia from October 18.
There have been questions raised over the merits of Morgan continuing at the helm of affairs for England considering he is 33-year-old and might not be around to take part in the next 50-over World Cup in India in 2023.
However, Morgan dismissed the speculations regarding his future in an exclusive interview with Sportstar.
“Future for me, hopefully looks bright. We have an outstanding group of people. The focus is now on the T20 World Cup next year,” Morgan said on Monday (September 23).
“Between now and then, we have 18 T20 games. We only have a handful of ODIs. So, every bit of our focus shifts to Australia, where the T20 World Cup is,” he added.
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England had defeated New Zealand in the Super Over on boundary count to lift their maiden ODI World Cup title at Lord’s on July 14. The two teams had posted 241 in their allotted 50 overs before the game went into the Super Over where once again they levelled tie.
Two months after that historic day, Morgan still ‘struggles to put’ the experience in words.
“It feels amazing. It really does. I still sometimes struggle to put into words. The work we have done in the last four years -- since the 2015 World Cup -- and the journey has been remarkable,” he said.
After a first-round exit in the 2015 World Cup, England overhauled their ODI outfit under Morgan and coach Trevor Bayliss and now the result is there for everyone to see.
“As a team, we started to create something where hopefully for the future, people started to think that we are competitive going into tournaments. It’s just not an one-off thing. Winning the World Cup gives everybody a huge boost. The nature and the fashion in which the final was played -- I think it’s brilliant for the sport. What sport needs sometimes is this, regardless of which sport it is. It’s fantastic for the game,” he said.
