England's first male World Cup-winning cricket captain on emerging from the abyss and rising to the top
England's captain Eoin Morgan poses with the World Cup trophy as England's players celebrate their win after the 2019 Cricket World Cup final between England and New Zealand at Lord's Cricket Ground in London on July 14, 2019. - England won the World Cup for the first time as they beat New Zealand in a Super Over after a nerve-shredding final ended in a tie at Lord's on Sunday. Image: Glyn Kirk / AFP
A few months before the ODI Cricket World Cup in 2015, Eoin Morgan was appointed the captain of England. But his first high-profile assignment ended in ignominy as the team exited the tournament at the league stage, with a defeat against minnows Bangladesh rubbing salt in the wound. Four years on, in the most dramatic of turnarounds and circumstances, Morgan led his men to England’s first-ever World Cup victory via a Super Over in the final against New Zealand.