Morgan ready to step into the breach

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	Eoin Morgan is ready to play his first World Cup match for England © Associated Press Enlarge
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Eoin Morgan is all set to become only the fourth player to have represented two countries in World Cups. His has been as interesting a story as the club of three he joins: Kepler Wessels, Anderson Cummins and Ed Joyce. When he played in the West Indies for Ireland four years ago, he - and all his Irish team-mates for that matter - knew that Ireland was just a milestone along the way. The destination was always England.

Four years on, having fulfilled his dream of playing Tests for England, Morgan had to live with the disappointment of missing out on the other, the World Cup, with a broken finger. Two weeks into the World Cup, when Morgan was planning to go for a Champions League football match later in the week, he got a call from coach Andy Flower. Kevin Pietersen was injured. Morgan was needed. Champions League games can wait.

"Obviously a call from Andy couple of days ago was a great feeling," Morgan said before his first training session in the World Cup. "I have been part of the squad in the past. To come back in, and be part of the World Cup is very exciting."

Morgan almost didn't make it, for the first diagnosis on the finger that he damaged during the one-day series in Australia was that it would need surgery. "The first day I arrived back in London,