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When Uncle Phil excluded Captain Morgan - ketchim - 04-03-2016
When Eoin Morgan takes to the field for the World T20 final, he will again be crossing swords
with West Indies coach Phil Simmons, once his coach with Ireland.
Neither will have fond memories of their previous alliance, which culminated in a blazing
dressing-room row and Morgan, Ireland's best player, being dropped.
"There will be no love lost," says one former Irish player.
Re: When Uncle Phil excluded Captain Morgan - ketchim - 04-03-2016
The relationship between him and Simmons was increasingly untenable:
a man using Ireland as a stepping-stone to Test cricket with England
against a proud man building a team who aspired to become a Test nation..
Re: When Uncle Phil excluded Captain Morgan - ketchim - 04-03-2016
"he gave Morgan a spray in front of the whole squad,"
one player recalls, berating him for not caring enough
about representing the country of his birth.
Re: When Uncle Phil excluded Captain Morgan - ketchim - 04-03-2016
"Both were to blame,"
the player believes, reckoning that Simmons erred
in lambasting Morgan in front of the whole team..
Re: When Uncle Phil excluded Captain Morgan - ketchim - 04-03-2016
After Simmons joined, he detected in Morgan a man who prioritised his England ambitions
over Ireland's interests. In 2007 he turned down a spot in Ireland's ODI with India
to focus on cementing his Middlesex place...
Re: When Uncle Phil excluded Captain Morgan - ketchim - 04-03-2016
Morgan will hope to show his qualities again at Eden Gardens and, in so doing,
deny Simmons the WT20 crown.
Re: When Uncle Phil excluded Captain Morgan - ketchim - 04-03-2016
Hope this Comess dont motivate Eoin into NOT making his DUCK !
[quote author=Chin link=topic=103563.msg687898#msg687898 date=1459689641]
Gawd Old news... ::confused::
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Re: When Uncle Phil excluded Captain Morgan - ketchim - 04-03-2016
Eoin Morgan in the second over, at his home ground from the IPL.
He is greeted by two slips ..
Re: When Uncle Phil excluded Captain Morgan - ketchim - 04-03-2016
6 balls faced : still Not off the Mark.
Re: When Uncle Phil excluded Captain Morgan - ketchim - 04-03-2016
3.4
Benn to Morgan, FOUR, when in doubt, go over the infield! 8)