From NZ to Barbados via Ireland – England’s incredibly diverse World Cup winning team
ENGLAND have won the Cricket World Cup with stars from all corners of the world. Dublin born and raised captain Eoin Morgan skippered the team to glory in fearless fashion as they beat New Zealand in a nail-biting super over. Sun Graphics Morgan, 32, played for Ireland at the 2007 World Cup before declaring he […]
ENGLAND have won the Cricket World Cup with stars from all corners of the world.
Dublin born and raised captain Eoin Morgan skippered the team to glory in fearless fashion as they beat New Zealand in a nail-biting super over.
Morgan, 32, played for Ireland at the 2007 World Cup before declaring he wanted to play for England, thanks to his mother’s birth and his British passport.
A similar situation arose for Jofra Archer, who having played for the West Indies under-19s then declared he wanted to bowl for the country of his father Frank’s birth.
Archer went on to take a superb 20 wickets in his debut tournament, a mark that was only bettered by Mitchell Starc and Lockie Ferguson.
Ben Stokes, the son of former Kiwi rugby league player Gerard Stokes and was born in Christchurch, New Zealand in 1991.
He grew up in Cumbria and ended up playing for Durham before making his England ODI debut against Ireland in 2011.
Jason Roy was born in Durban, South Africa but moved to England when he was 10.
The batsman made his ODI debut in 2015 and smashed 443 runs during the tournament.
Domestically, most of our World Cup-winning aces come from Yorkshire and the North East.
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Jonny Bairst and Adil Rashid are both from Bradford, while Joe Root is from down the road in Sheffield.
Liam Plunkett is from Middlesbrough while Mark Wood is from Ashington in Northumberland.
Chris Woakes from Birmingham and the only southerner in England’s starting XI on Sunday was Jos Buttler, who is from Taunton in Somerset.
