Former England captain Eoin Morgan has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket.<\/span><\/p>\n Under Morgan’s guidance, <\/span>England won the World Cup in 2019<\/span><\/a> and reached the top of the one-day and Twenty20 rankings.<\/span><\/p>\n Morgan said on Monday that he was retiring from the sport “after much deliberation”.<\/span><\/p>\n “I believe that now is the right time to step away from the game that has given me so much over the years,” he added.<\/span><\/p>\n “From moving to England in 2005 to join Middlesex, right up to the very end, playing for Paarl Royals in SA20, I have cherished every moment.<\/span><\/p>\n “Thanks to cricket, I have been able to travel the world and meet incredible people, many of whom I have developed lifelong friendships with. Playing for franchise teams across the globe has given me so many memories that I will hold on to forever.”<\/span><\/p>\n Morgan, who made 275 appearances for Middlesex across all formats, scoring 8,913 runs, also captained London Spirit in The Hundred as well as <\/span>Kolkata Knight Riders<\/span><\/a> in the Indian Premier League.<\/span><\/p>\n After starting his international career with Ireland in 2006, he switched allegiance in 2009 in order to play Test cricket.<\/span><\/p>\n While he played 16 Tests, Morgan’s strength was in the white-ball game. He was part of England’s 2010 T20 World Cup win before taking charge of that side in 2012 and the one-day team two years later, succeeding Sir Alastair Cook.<\/span><\/p>\n His first tournament as ODI captain, the 2015 World Cup, was disappointing, with England failing to make it to the knock-out stages, but proved the catalyst for the team’s revival which culminated in the <\/span>super-over success against New Zealand at Lord’s<\/span><\/a> four years later.<\/span><\/p>\n Morgan captained England in a record 126 ODIs and 72 T20s and remains their leading run-scorer in one-day cricket with 6,957, while he is second in the T20 standings behind current captain Jos Buttler.<\/span><\/p>\n He paid tribute to family and friends for their “unconditional” support over his career and says he will now focus on his broadcasting career at international and franchise tournaments.<\/span><\/p>\n
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