LONDON – Injured batsman Eoin Morgan has said he will be back to fitness sooner than expected, boosting his chances of playing some part in England’s World Cup campaign.
The England and Wales Cricket Board last week replaced Morgan with Ravi Bopara in their 15-man squad when the finger injury suffered by the Irishman during the one-day series in Australia was confirmed as a break.
But an upbeat Morgan tweeted that he was confident of making a quicker than expected return to cricket as an operation on the finger had been ruled out. “Some good news this morning,” he said in a tweet. “No need for an op. Pretty much healed. Will be back sooner than expected.” The tournament rules forbid a team from changing their squad unless a player is unavailable through injury.
