Eoin Morgan

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Eoin Morgan
Ireland
Personal information
Full name Eoin Joseph Gerard Morgan
Born 10 September 1986 (1986-09-10) (age 21)
Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Batting style Left-hand
International information
ODI debut (cap 12) 5 August 2006: v Scotland
Last ODI 15 July 2007: v Scotland
ODI shirt no. 50
Domestic team information
Years Team
2004–present Ireland
2006–present Middlesex
Career statistics
ODIs FC LA ICC
Matches 18 18 59 5
Runs scored 549 959 1596 160
Batting average 32.29 34.25 33.25 32.00
100s/50s 1/3 2/5 2/10 0/1
Top score 115 209* 115 93
Balls bowled 0 79 30 0
Wickets 0 2 0 0
Bowling average n/a 23.00 n/a n/a
5 wickets in innings n/a 0 0 n/a
10 wickets in match n/a 0 n/a n/a
Best bowling n/a 2/24 n/a n/a
Catches/stumpings 8/– 9/1 19/– 2/–

As of 24 September 2007
Source: Cricinfo.com

Eoin Joseph Gerard Morgan (born 10 September 1986 in Dublin) is an Irish cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman, part-time right-arm medium bowler and an occasional wicket-keeper. He plays in English county cricket for Middlesex.

Morgan was a regular member of Ireland's youth teams and represented them at Under-15 and Under-17 level. He was selected in the Irish Under-19 squad for the 2003-04 Under-19 World Cup, and was Ireland's top run-scorer in the competition.[1] Two years later, he captained Ireland in the 2005-06 Under-19 World Cup where he finished as the second-highest overall run-scorer.[2]

Morgan made his One Day International debut for Ireland on 5 August 2006 at the European Championships against Scotland. He nearly made a century on debut, scoring 99 before he was run out. It was the first time in ODI history that a player had been dismissed for 99 on debut. Only two other batsmen passed 20 as Ireland beat Scotland by 85 runs.[3] His maiden ODI hundred came not long after, on the 4 February 2007 against Canada in Nairobi. He became the youngest ever non-subcontinental player to make a century in ODI cricket.[4]

Morgan is the first cricketer to have scored a first-class double century for Ireland with an unbeaten 209 against the United Arab Emirates in February 2007 at Abu Dhabi.[5]

In February 2007, Morgan was named in Ireland's 15-man squad for the 2007 Cricket World Cup.[6]

In May 2007, Morgan was named as one of England's twelfth men for the Lord's Test versus West Indies[7], and came on for Matthew Hoggard on the third day.[8]

Eoin was educated at Catholic University School on leeson street and won several senior cup cricket winners medals playing for CUS.

[edit] References

  1. ^ ICC U/19 Cricket World Cup, 2003/04 Averages: Ireland Under-19s. Cricinfo. Retrieved on 2007-03-01.
  2. ^ ICC Under-19s Cricket World Cup, 2005/06 Batting - Most Runs. Cricinfo. Retrieved on 2007-03-01.
  3. ^ Scotland v Ireland at Ayr, 5 August 2006. Cricinfo. Retrieved on 2007-03-01.
  4. ^ ODIs - Youngest to Score Century. Cricinfo. Retrieved on 2007-03-01.
  5. ^ "Dominant Morgan sets Irish record", BBC Sport, 11 February 2007. Retrieved on 2007-03-01. 
  6. ^ "Ireland stick with tried and tested", Cricinfo, 13 February 2007. Retrieved on 2007-03-01. 
  7. ^ Cricinfo - 1st Test: England v West Indies at Lord's, May 17-21, 2007
  8. ^ BBC SPORT | Cricket | England | First Test, day three as it happened

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1 Johnston (Captain) • 2 McCallan • 3 Botha • 4 Bray • 5 Carroll • 6 Gillespie • 7 Langford-Smith • 8 J Mooney • 9 P Mooney • 10 Morgan • 11 K O'Brien • 12 N O'Brien • 13 Porterfield • 14 Rankin • 15 White • Coach: Birrell
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