Near Port Elizabeth in South Africa, preparing for the 2007 World Cup, Eoin Morgan had been running on the sand dunes for hours. Ireland’s South African coach Adrian Birrell had conceived this three-week-long torturous plan to get his cricketers fit for the World Cup. But a 14-year old says he wants to play cricket for England. A young Eoin was one of them.”***Pryor, the coach at Malahide Cricket Club, remembers the first time he met Morgan. The moment that made David Longford-Smith realise that Moggie’s days with Ireland cricket are numbered came in Abu Dhabi.

Source: Indian Express July 16, 2019 23:15 UTC