Eoin Morgan, a Limited-Overs great or not?

[Hasan123]

At what point do we consider Eoin Morgan a LO great? Getting better with the bat , he has played a big part in turning England LO fortunes around. He has won the World Cup and gotten to another final. He could win the World T20 next year as well. He is also capable of rebuilding an innings and he is also capable of finishing an innings. Calm under pressure and respected around the world.

Is Eoin Morgan a LO great or not?

 

[sweep_shot]

He is an ODI great without a doubt.

 

[Ab Fan]

Yes, certainly ODI great. Once he wins IPL, he will be T20 great also.

 

[Bhaijaan]

He is a great but not a legend like Yuvraj Singh because he hasn't done what he usually does in pressure games. In cricketing community he's still known as among tje games biggest chokers almost at the level of Amla.

 

[MenInG]

Eoin Morgan has been in tremendous form for England for as long as the mind can recall. He continued as England’s limited-overs captain after the disastrous 2015 Cricket World Cup but turned the fortunes around, which culminated into the team winning its maiden World Cup title last year. Besides captaincy, Morgan has scored a plethora of runs en route to becoming England’s all-time leading run-scorer and most capped player in ODIs.

On Friday, Morgan will lead his team against Australia in the first ODI of the three-match series in Manchester, and a closer look at stats suggests the England captain could be a major threat for Aaron Finch and his team.

Morgan has an impressive record against Australia in ODIs. He has scored 1864 runs against Australia from 54 ODIs, which is the sixth-most by any left-handed batsmen against an opponent. In fact, Morgan is the most dangerous left-hander Australia has ever faced. His run tally against Australia is most by any left-handed batsmen in history, even more than Brian Lara, Kumar Sangakkara, Stephen Fleming, and Gary Kirsten. Morgan has three centuries and 13 fifties against the four-time Australia champions.

Another interesting record will be equalled when England and Australia step on to the field to play the opening ODI. For the first time in almost 40 years, three back to back ODIs of a bilateral series will be played at the same venue between the two teams. The last time it happened was in 1979-80 when all matches were played at Melbourne.

Another statistic that will bother the Australian team is their record since the 2019 Cricket World Cup. They have won only two ODI matches out 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.

https://www.hindustantimes.com/cric...-ever-faced/story-hb8Lmnx1MQKcFsr2fcxccO.html

 

[Ab Fan]

He is a great but not a legend like Yuvraj Singh because he hasn't done what he usually does in pressure games. <B>In cricketing community he's still known as among tje games biggest chokers almost at the level of Amla</B>.

Whaaattt???

He is a captain of world cup wining team, plz.

 

[Robert]

Funny, I never thought of EM as a great player, though I think he is an excellent skipper and should be test captain instead of Root.

 

[KingOfPakBreakfast]

He along with Andrew Strauss as Director of Cricket, were pivotal on changing England's approach to the One Day game. Even as recently as 2015, England were happy to go with Alistair Cook as the ODI captain until the last minute. Morgan is true leader, probably one of the best ODI captains in the last decade, Williamson and Dhoni aside. And he's always dangerous with the bat. If you see his batting figures in a vacuum, yes they're not ATG level.

But in terms of:
1)His effect on his team
2) how he's effected the culture of one of cricket's central teams
3) how England's rise to prominence has affected the balance of power for white ball cricket, its undeniable. Morgan is an ATG, because he's a culture changer, much like MSD for India

 

[Slim]

Fantastic player. No doubt he is.

 

[viveks]

As an ODI batsman he is a great. For the first part of his career he was more similar to someone like Suresh Raina, who is obviously a good batsman. In the second part of his career he has been amazing and actually amongst the best in the world.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Whaaattt???

He is a captain of world cup wining team, plz.

He's a captain of a world cup winning team because of that ridiculous overthrow otherwise he would have been remembered as the captain who lost 5 games in a single world cup. Even Imran didn't achieve that feat in 1992 given how bad Pakistan were in that world cup.

 

[shariqnoor]

Not only an ODI great, but I would pick him as the greatest LOI captain England has ever had. And currently the world's best captain in LOI cricket. He's completely transformed the mentality of this English LOI team. I would have him as captain of the Test team too. His batting had been awful in Test cricket but if given a long rope at number 6, I don't doubt him becoming an excellent Test bat too.

 

[Smudger]

Was always my best player right from the beginning but was painfully inconsistent. Now he is a consistent batter with an incredible power game. Love watching him. A great for me. If he had been in Pak. He might have changed our fortunes. Eng were in same state as Pakistan when he took over

 

[Major]

Any captain wining the world cup is an ATG

 

[Kenpachi]

Class player and a very good Captain

 

[therealAB]

He is a great but not a legend like Yuvraj Singh because he hasn't done what he usually does in pressure games. In cricketing community he's still known as among tje games biggest chokers almost at the level of Amla.

I feel that his captaincy makes up for that when comparing Yuvraj and him, has reinvented England to be the best team in the world

 

[therealAB]

Any captain wining the world cup is an ATG

So Clarke, Ranatunga and Border are ODI ATG's

 

[Major]

So Clarke, Ranatunga and Border are ODI ATG's

Yup they are.

It takes good leadership to pull of a world cup win no matter how it was done. Its the pinnacle trophy and cannot be easily won

 

[Ab Fan]

He is a brilliant LO captain.

 

[Hasan123]

He took a gamble today and it looks like it will pay off. Best LO captain in the world.