West Indies are currently leading in the five-match T20I series against England by 2-1 and in a situation like this, the visitors had to face a big blow after their skipper Eoin Morgan was ruled out of the series after suffering a thigh injury.
Moeen Ali who led the side in the third T20I match, in Morgan’s absence, will continue to lead the side.
On Thursday (January 27) the England and Wales Cricket Board announced that their limited overs skipper will not be able to feature in the remaining two matches of the T20I series. It is understood that Morgan “felt pain in his right quad during the warm-up.”
The official statement
“England men’s captain Eoin Morgan will miss the final two matches of the international Twenty20 series against the West Indies with a low-grade quadriceps injury," the England and Wales Cricket Board’s official statement read.
“Morgan sat out the third T20 in Barbados on Wednesday night after he felt pain in his right quad during the warm-up.
“Follow-up testing revealed he sustained a right thigh muscle injury which, whilst relatively minor, will prevent him from playing further games during the current tour," the statement further added.
A humiliating 4-0 defeat in the recently concluded Ashes Test series against Australia had already put huge pressure on the English team management and now another defeat in the T20I series against West Indies will make matters worse only.
In the warm-up game, England team seemed to be in fine form after they secured a thumping victory by 94 runs but the series did not start in a very convincing fashion for the Morgan-led team.
Poor start
The visitors could not start the series well after they suffered a 9-wicket defeat in the first T20I match of the series that was played on January 22, at Kensington Oval, in Bridgetown, Barbados.
In the second match of the series though, things changed as England managed to clinch 1-run victory, in Barbados.
The hosts scripted an impressive comeback in the series after they registered a 20-run victory in the third match of the series, that was played on January 26.
West Indies, batted first and scored a big total of 224 for 5 wickets in 20 overs. In reply, the hosts did show a solid batting display but eventually finished their innings scoring 204 runs.
