However it was very far from the historic dressing rooms at Lords where Eoin was bought up. Rush, North County Dublin is an unlikely hotbed of Cricket, but it was here in a working class family that Eoin’s talent and personality was forged.
This 60 minute film is the most intimate Eoin has ever undertaken with his full cooperation and that of family members we get a true sense of what made the man.
We also find out how cricket was once one of the most popular sports in Ireland, and how to this day it’s still played in corners of the country.
Eoin’s international career began with Ireland. As a youth he took the sport by storm breaking
records and being recognised as one of the best in the world, he became part of the legendary Irish team that went to the West Indies in 2007 and beat Pakistan in the World Cup.
Cricket gave Eoin a school scholarship and opportunity, and mirroring so much of the Irish
experience it took him away from home and to England where history was made.
But this isn’t just a cricket story, or Eoin’s story, this is a family’s story. A father and mother’s
dedication, long summers practicing in the garden, siblings running round the house, music
in the kitchen, kits being washed and dried, packed lunches and heartache.
Yes. Eoin Morgan captained England, but he’s an Irishman first and this intimate, very moving
film show’s us what this country means to England’s Irish Captain.
