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It is one thing to excel in sport, it is another to change how a nation plays it.
As Eoin Morgan ends his international career, he bows out not only as a World Cup-winning captain, England’s leading one-day and Twenty20 run-scorer of all time, but also the architect of a fundamental shift in English cricket which may never be reversed.
For impact on the game in this country, Morgan is unmatched in his generation.
The Irishman dragged England’s limited-overs cricket from bland black and white into glorious technicolour.
Under Morgan, England have broken the world record for the highest total in a one-day international on three occasions. Before he was captain, England had passed 300 31 times in 633 ODIs. Under his leadership, it was 53 from 131.
This wasn’t just a radical improvement in results on the field, turning a shambolic outfit into world champions in the space of four years, but altering the entire attitude…
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