Good news comes too late for Morgan

EOIN MORGAN yesterday revealed that he does not require surgery on the broken finger that ruled him out of England’s World Cup squad — and that he could have been fit before the end of the tournament.

The Dublin-born batsman was deemed unfit to play any part in the competition after damaging the middle finger of his left hand in the fourth one-day international against Australia in Adelaide last month.

England coach Andy Flower said last week that Morgan required an operation and an ECB spokesman said yesterday the Irishman’s recovery time was still expected to be six weeks.