Eoin Morgan: 2019 World Cup final was the best game of cricket ever played

England beat New Zealand after the super-over was tied on boundary count to lift the 2019 World Cup at Lord's on July 14, 2019.

Published : Jul 14, 2021 20:15 IST , Nottingham

Morgan felt it was the four-year-long journey and the memories around it that would remain special for him.
Morgan felt it was the four-year-long journey and the memories around it that would remain special for him.
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Morgan felt it was the four-year-long journey and the memories around it that would remain special for him.

England skipper Eoin Morgan described the 2019 World Cup final as the best game of cricket, that has ever been played

Reminiscing the journey on the second anniversary of of their victory, Morgan said, "The final was the most dramatic game of cricket and also the best game of cricket that has ever been played, which contributes to the hype of it.

"The game was so tight, right till the end as tight a game as you'll ever play. It has also lifted the profile of the game like we have never seen," the Kolkata Knight Riders skipper said in a video posted by his IPL franchise.

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The Morgan-led England side had hit rock-bottom in the 2015 World Cup in Australia losing to Bangladesh by 15 runs to be eliminated in the group stages for the third time in five World Cups.

"In 2007, 2011 and 2015, we were badly hurt. We were unprepared, way behind in a way everybody else was playing the game, in particular 2015. We were hammered up and down in New Zealand and Australia, we struggled in pretty much every game.

"But I think if that was an Ashes series in 2007, 2011 and 2015, our preparation and strategy would have been on point. So, the potential was always there but the focus wasn't," Morgan said.

While the title triumph in 2019 came as a huge boost and relief to English cricket, Morgan felt it was the four-year-long journey and the memories around it that would remain special for him.

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