Eoin Morgan Names The 'Hardest' Team Of The World Cup, Snubs India & Australia

Published - 14 Jul 2019, 02:32 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 12:01 AM

Eoin Morgan. Photo Credit: Getty Images.

Eoin Morgan will have a shot at history when England take on New Zealand in the final of the World Cup 2019 on Sunday (July 14). Eoin Morgan can become the first England captain to lay his hands on the coveted trophy. England have made it to the World Cup final thrice in the past but ended up on the wrong side of the result on every occasion.

This is England’s fourth World Cup final and first since 1992. The World Cup hosts will be hoping that they finally win the title. England were the pre-tournament favourites and have played like them. They did lose to Australia, Pakistan and Sri Lanka in the group stage but have bounced back strongly. In their last two group games, they dismantled India and New Zealand to storm into the semifinal.

In the semifinal, they blew away defending champions Australia. The Eoin Morgan-led side thoroughly dominated the contest to dump the five-time world champions out of the tournament. England will now take on New Zealand in the final. And ahead of the much-awaited clash, Eoin Morgan has said that New Zealand are the ‘hardest’ team in the competition.

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“I think New Zealand throughout the whole tournament have probably been the hardest side to beat,” Morgan said on Thursday.

“I think their performance in the semi-final was probably their best. They will be a difficult side to beat on Sunday, so we are looking forward to the challenge,” added Morgan.

Well, England had registered an easy win over New Zealand in the league stage. The hosts had outplayed the Kiwis in all the departments to win the contest by 119 runs. A century from Jonny Bairstow had helped England piled up 305 before the bowlers bowled out the Kiwis for 186 in the do-or-die clash.