Eoin Morgan Denies Coaching Rumors, Expresses Future Coaching Aspirations

England’s former World Cup-winning captain, Eoin Morgan, has denied media reports suggesting he would replace Matthew Mott as the team’s coach for limited-overs cricket. Morgan, who has a young family, mentioned that the timing isn’t right for him to take on the role but expressed a desire to coach in the future.

Under Mott’s leadership, England secured the ICC T20 World Cup in 2022 but struggled in subsequent tournaments. They failed to defend their 50-over World Cup title in 2023 and the T20 World Cup title in the West Indies and the USA. In the 2023 World Cup, England lost six out of nine games, including matches against Afghanistan, India, and Australia, and were on the verge of missing out on direct qualification to the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. Although they reached the semifinals of the T20 World Cup, they had to rely on Australia to beat Scotland to advance to the Super Eight.

Speaking on Sky Sports, Morgan said, “This news (reports of him taking over from Mott) is actually news to me. It is not nice when a coach comes under fire and there is a lot of speculation about his future. Only time will tell about what will happen.” He added, “I have been asked a lot over the last couple of months about the role and whether I would take it on. My answer has simply been, the timing for everything in my life at the moment is not right.”

Morgan is celebrated as one of England’s greatest leaders. In 356 matches for England, he scored 10,115 runs at an average of 35.61, with 15 centuries and 59 fifties. His best score was 148. After England’s disappointing group stage exit in the 2015 ODI World Cup, Morgan rebuilt the team with aggressive talents like Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Alex Hales, and Jos Buttler, forming a powerful batting lineup.

England’s next white-ball assignment will be a three T20I and five ODI series against Australia in September.