There are only 11 months until the next
World Cup – Eoin Morgan’s men must quickly regroup after their semi-final loss
After the game had finished, the crowd filtered away and press duties were completed following England’s painful elimination from the T20 World Cup, Eoin Morgan climbed on to the team coach outside the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi, sat down next to Chris Silverwood and started to talk about the next one.
With the merry-go-round still spinning in the United Arab Emirates it is only 11 months until
England climb on board again. And though he is now 35 and this year has seen a precipitous decline in his returns with the bat, Morgan seems determined to cling on for the ride. The squad for the 2022 T20 World Cup will look very different to this one – should the five senior players who missed the defeat to
New Zealand (and in some cases the entire tournament) through injury be selected, at least a third of the 15 that ended this competition will have to be left behind – but it will have the same figurehead.