Eoin Morgan ready to live dream of leading England into World Twenty20 final
Thursday 31 March 2016 13:36, UK
Eoin Morgan could find few flaws in England's performance after they secured a place in the World Twenty20 final with a seven-wicket win over New Zealand.
Ben Stokes and Chris Jordan impressed with the ball before handing over to Jason Roy, whose innings of 78 was worthy of man-of-the-match honours and took England close to their target of 154 for victory.
Morgan, who was the victim of a first-ball dismissal, sat with a huge smile on his face as Jos Buttler saw England over the line with some lusty hitting, victory being secured with 17 balls to spare.
"I don't think (it could have gone any better)," Morgan told Sky Sports.
"Maybe we could have started a little better with the ball, but I thought we did really well to peg it back after the first six or seven overs.
"Having played on this wicket before, it's harder to start than most. So continuing to take wickets throughout the back end of their innings helped us a huge amount."
"It's the kind of thing you dream of as a kid. Everybody in that changing room has worked tremendously hard and made a lot of sacrifices in order to put us in this position."
Roy got England's reply off to a flying start with four boundaries in the first over, bowled by Corey Anderson, and he appeared to be closing on a maiden T20 international century when a delivery from Ish Sodhi kept low and bowled him.
He said: "I just felt it was a chance to go out there on a decent wicket and get off to a great start. It can be a bit of a dangerous total, so I gave it a good crack and it came off.
"The whole team has got that licence and opportunity to go out there and do what they want and be free with their skills.
"It's something that we're really buzzing for, it's going to be an incredible experience and we can't wait. It's mind blowing. There is no better feeling, the joy on everyone's faces was special and something that will stay very close to my heart for the rest of my career."
