Blow for England as injury forces Morgan to miss out on World Cup

ENGLAND’S worst World Cup fears were realised yesterday when their leading one-day batsman and former Irish star Eoin Morgan was ruled out of the tournament with a fractured finger.

Morgan, who progressed from his Irish heroics to his adopted country’s most complete limited-overs player, will watch from home as Ravi Bopara takes his place in the 15-man squad.

Morgan initially sustained the injury in the fourth one-day international in Adelaide but played on before X-rays more than a week later detected the break in the middle finger of his left hand.