Ireland vs England: Quick flicks

‘Traitor, traitor’, do I hear?

England’s stand-in skipper Eoin Morgan was treated to a round of boos by a 10,000-strong crowd at Malahide – the place where he spent his formative years learning the nuances of cricket – when he walked out to the crease after his side were struggling at 48/4. He probably expected that, given the fact that he had made no secret of playing Test cricket for the Poms.

What he did during the chase was score a brilliant hundred to guide his team home. Watching his innings, the initially hostile crowd replaced the boos with appreciative cheering for the ‘hometown hero’. Maybe now they will not consider him to be a traitor after all!