Former England captain Michael Vaughan has opened up on the fact if Eoin Morgan to continue as the white-ball captain. However, Eoin Morgan’s future has come under the scanner before the next T20 World Cup after England’s semi-final defeat to New Zealand in the 2021 edition on Wednesday in Abu Dhabi.
However, it was England’s death bowling that cost them the game as well. While writing in his column for the Telegraph, Michael Vaughan said that Eoin Morgan should proceed as captain for next year’s T20 World Cup if he wants to do so. Vaughan wrote:
“The end of a tournament inevitably prompts questions about the future of an England captain but Eoin Morgan should carry on if he feels he has the ambition and appetite to take the team to next year’s Twenty20 World Cup. He has achieved so much with England that he should be left to make whatever decision he feels is right for him and the team. Eoin will know when it is time to move on, you just do as an England captain. It is not up to us to decide.”
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“Personally, I think his leadership is imperative to the team, especially in Twenty20 cricket. The more I watch T20 cricket the more I realise the importance of leadership. If you have a captain who knows how to manoeuvre his troops, set the right fields and stay level headed under huge pressure then you have a massive advantage as a team. Morgan is superb in tight situations. He never loses his cool. He is impossible to read or rattle. It will be very hard for England to find another captain with his level-headedness,” Michael Vaughan continued.
“His batting is a concern” – Michael Vaughan on Eoin Morgan
However, Eoin Morgan’s captaincy record is stunning and England’s Super 12 victory against Sri Lanka made him the most successful T20I skipper as well. He surpassed MS Dhoni and Asghar Afghan as he has won 43 games in the format.
He also won the 50-over World Cup and took England to the finals of the World T20 edition as well. But, Michael Vaughan admits that Morgan needs to improve his batting, but as a captain, he is one of the best.
“His batting is a concern and he will want to get that back on track but he is an outstanding captain. He and Kane Williamson are the best two in the world. It should not be doom and gloom about England’s defeat. It happens in T20 cricket,” Michael Vaughan concluded.
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