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World Cup-winning captain Eoin Morgan was always destined to make it to the top in cricket, according to his first coach at Rush Cricket Club in Dublin.<\/p>\nWorld Cup-winning captain Eoin Morgan was always destined to make it to the top in cricket, according to his first coach at Rush Cricket Club in Dublin.<\/p>\n
Morgan\u2019s men wrote their names into the history books at Lord\u2019s on Sunday, winning their first World Cup title in a final that will go down as one of the most dramatic ever produced in team sport.<\/p>\n
The scenes in London were a long way from where the 32-year-old began playing the sport in Rush, close to his home. His father was captain at the Rush Cricket Club.<\/p>\n
Although small in stature at a young age, Morgan always played ahead of his age group and captained the Rush side which won the Under-11 Leinster Cup.<\/p>\n
Matt Sheridan was his coach back then and he told Sky News: \u201cFrom an early age we could see some talent to nurture.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe played here from being a baby, I remember him dragging his bat through the car park and into the nets and the bat was as tall as Eoin was.<\/p>\n
\u201cHis parents knew where he was when he wasn\u2019t at home. He was at Rush Cricket Club. He played under-age cricket until 11 years of age but at seven, eight and nine we could see he was an outstanding talent.<\/p>\n
\u201cI suppose he was no different from any other 10 or 11-year-old, but we knew he was a serious competitor. He loved the sport, he intended to be a professional and an international cricketer at an early age.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was probably too soon to see personality traits but we knew he was a winner. So we are not surprised and we\u2019re very proud at how he has progressed.\u201d<\/p>\n
Former England batting coach and player Mark Ramprakash was full of praise for Morgan following the World Cup success.<\/p>\n
Ben Stokes stole the headlines with his heroics towards the end of the match and during the super over but Ramprakash thinks Morgan\u2019s work since the last World Cup should be recognized.<\/p>\n
\u201cEoin\u2019s calm leadership and clarity of thought over the last four years and during this tournament have been crucial,\u201d he told BBC Radio 5 Live.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat a captain he has been, and the group as a whole really deserve it. There has been a lot said about Eoin and of course he was at the previous World Cup in 2015 (where England went out at the group stage) and learned a lot from that.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd really it was (former England and Wales Cricket Board director of cricket) Andrew Strauss who got together with Eoin Morgan and had this vision which they built over four years.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey have talent right through the squad. You look at the players who aren\u2019t in the team who are very, very good, so that shows you the strength of the squad.\u201d<\/p>\n