Eoin Morgan

Eoin Morgan of Ireland cricket team bowls right arm medium and bats left handedly. He is an occasional wicketkeeper. He has also played for Middlesex 2nd XI, Middlesex, Ireland Under-19s and England Lions.

On 5th August 2006, Morgan debuted in One day International cricket at Ayr against Scotland. In this match, he was the No. 3 batsman and he hit 99 runs in 134 deliveries and this included 1 sixer and 7 boundaries. Ireland won this match by 85 runs. On 27th June 2006, Middlesex and Surrey played a Twenty20 match at Lord’s, which was the debut match for Morgan. Morgan batted at the No. 6 spot and scored 66 runs in 41 deliveries. In the process, he hit 6 fours and 3 sixers. Surrey won this match by 40 runs.

Career Highlights

Morgan took the opportunity to appear in 21 One day Internationals and in these he accumulated 600 runs with 115 as his highest score. His batting strike rate was 68.02 and batting average was 30. He took 8 catches and hit 13 sixers, 53 boundaries, 3 fifties and 1 century. Morgan took part in 30 Twenty20 matches wherein he hit 628 runs at a batting average of 24.15 and batting strike rate of 131.38. 66 was his highest score and though he could not hit a hundred, his statistics were 2 fifties, 58 boundaries and 23 sixers. He took 14 catches.

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