Luck of the Irish and wisdom of a legend: Meeting Eoin Morgan at Boland Park

The old cliche “never meet your heroes” has not come about without reason because often we are left disappointed when our real-life experience does not match the expectations we had built up from afar. So, having previously heard that Eoin Morgan, former England World Cup-winning captain, could be a bit testy at times, I was naturally apprehensive when approaching him earlier this week in the commentary box at Boland Park. I had nothing to worry about. In fact, the interaction was stunningly pleasant with Morgan coming across as humble, engaging and quite funny in fact. Okay, the former England World Cup-winning captain is not exactly a “hero” of mine, but he was responsible for...