Eoin Morgan is built on firm foundations
"If one of the aims of England’s recent camp to Germany was to give players a sense of perspective in their lives, it was not necessary for Eoin Morgan," writes Simon Hughes in the Telegraph .
George Binoy
25-Feb-2013
"If one of the aims of England’s recent camp to Germany was to give players a sense of perspective in their lives, it was not necessary for Eoin Morgan," writes Simon Hughes in the Telegraph.
“I’m pretty grounded anyway,” he [Morgan] said, sipping weak tea in a simple Finchley cafe. He does not live in a swish apartment – just an anonymous block of flats off the North Circular Road – or wear loud T-shirts or gallivant around at sponsors’ launches or celebrity parties. “We didn’t have anything as kids, just sport and each other [he has five brothers and sisters], so I take nothing for granted. I didn’t need to spend four days sleeping on the ground in a leaking tent to remind me how lucky I am to do what I’m doing.
George Binoy is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo