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Eoin Morgan: Laughable to point finger at The Hundred

Updated on: 20 January,2022 07:12 AM IST  |  London
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England suffered a 0-4 Ashes defeat Down Under, and only a gritty last-wicket partnership between Stuart Broad and Jimmy Anderson in the fourth Test at Sydney helped the tourists avoid a clean sweep

Eoin Morgan: Laughable to point finger at The Hundred

Eoin Morgan

England’s limited-over captain Eoin Morgan has criticised his country’s Test skipper Joe Root for blaming The Hundred and T20 for the team’s crushing defeat in the Ashes recently, saying, “It’s laughable to point the finger at The Hundred”.


England suffered a 0-4 Ashes defeat Down Under, and only a gritty last-wicket partnership between Stuart Broad and Jimmy Anderson in the fourth Test at Sydney helped the tourists avoid a clean sweep. Root has since openly said that the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has been prioritising limited-overs cricket at the expense of red-ball games, singling out The Hundred for criticism.


Morgan, who guided England to the ICC T20 World Cup semi-final against New Zealand in the UAE in November, said that cricket’s longer format has always been the priority for the ECB. “People that use that [limited-overs cricket] as an excuse don’t watch cricket,” Morgan told talkSPORT, adding that, “Test match cricket has always been the priority—it’s the format for our elite players.


“Obviously, times at the moment have been tough down in Australia during the Ashes but they always are. We’ve lost the last two series 4-0. 

“It’s laughable to point the finger at The Hundred. The Hundred is an unbelievable success.”

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