LONDON: Eoin Morgan on Tuesday will call time on an England career that will go down in history as one of the most significant of the modern era.
The 35-year-old is poised to confirm his retirement from all forms of international cricket at a press conference at Lord’s after accepting defeat in his recent battle with form and fitness.
Morgan has long maintained he would stand aside if he felt he no longer merited his spot in the XI but after one half-century in his past 48 innings across international and domestic cricket – ending with two ducks in the Netherlands – the time is now.
“He obviously feels like he’s done with international cricket,” Moeen Ali, a linchpin of England’s white-ball teams under Morgan, told the BBC’s Test Match Special. “But the team for him still comes first, which just shows how unselfish he is. He’s done a remarkable job – the best we’ve ever had.”
