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Eoin Morgan credited with leading England cricket revolution

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The world of cricket has been reacting to England's dramatic victory.

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 Ireland.

Morgan's men wrote their names into the history books at Lord's 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.

The scenes in London were a long way from where the 32-year-old began playing the sport in Rush, close to his Dublin home. His father was captain at the Rush Cricket Club.

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.

Matt Sheridan was his coach back then and he told Sky News: "From an early age we could see some talent to nurture.

"He 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.

"His parents knew where he was when he wasn't 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.

Speaking on Radio 4, he said: "First of all, we have got cricket back on terrestrial next year – our new competition, The Hundred. It's going to be magnificent and the BBC are showing that.

"But make no mistake, the investment Sky has put into the game has helped us get to the point where we were at yesterday."

Asked if England would not have been able to win the World Cup without Sky's financial backing, Giles said: "Quite possibly, yes. The investment in the game from grassroots to professional has allowed us to do what we've done.

"Sky took the game on and have been fantastic supporters since. Thank you to them for allowing it on Channel 4."

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