Eoin Morgan has been extraordinarily great for England for as long as one can look back on. Having already captained England, Morgan continued as England’s limited-over captain after the disastrous 2015 Cricket World Cup, which later turned the luck around and led to the successful winning of the maiden World Cup 2019 for the team. Apart from captaincy, Morgan has scored excessive amount of runs making him England’s all-time leading run-scorer and most capped player in ODIs.
On Friday, Eoin Morgan will lead his England team in opposition Australia In the first ODI of the three match-series in Manchester. A closer look at stats suggest that Eoin Morgan could be a great threat for Aron Finch and his team.
Eoin has spectacular records against Australia in ODIs. Eoin has scored a total of 1864 runs against Australia from 54 ODIs, which is the sixth-most by any left-handed batsmen against it’s opponent. In real Eoin Morgan is the most dangerous left-handed batsman Australia has ever endured. His run tally against Australia is the most by any left-handed batsmen in the history, a lot more than Brian Lara, Kumar Sangakkara, Stephen Fleming and Gray Kirsten. Morgan has scored three centuries and 13 fifties against the four-time Australia champions.
For the first time in 40 yeas, three back to back ODIs of a bilateral sequence will be played at the same venue between the two teams. The last time it occurred was in 1979-80 when all matches were played at Melbourne.
Another statistics that may disturb the Australian team is their record since 2019 Cricket World Cup. The team has solely won only two ODI matches out of seven since the tournament and have the third-worst win percentage among the 14 teams that have played five or more matches since the World Cup.
Another fascinating record will be made between the teams when England and Australia step into the ground to play the opening of ODI.
