Eoin Morgan focused on England returning to winning ways against Bangladesh

June 7 - Four years ago, defeat by Bangladesh sent England crashing out of the World Cup and left Eoin Morgan wondering if his captaincy was over before it had ever really begun. Much has changed sin

“But defeat presents a huge opportunity to learn more about your game and improve.

“Games where we have been defeated heavily have been the ones where we learned the most.

“We still managed to stay in the game, we remained in a headspace where we still believed in winning the game.

“That shows a lot more to ourselves, probably more than to our supporters, they don’t see that all the time. They see an exciting team the majority of the time. But when we lose we see our character, the other side of our game.”

And after seeing off South Africa and pushing New Zealand all the way, Bangladesh are a serious threat that Morgan is not going to underestimate.

“It is going to be a difficult game. They are a good side and I think people underestimate them. We certainly don’t,” he added.  

“They are a side that has played a lot of cricket, their senior players especially have played a lot of games, more so than our senior players so they are a threat. Hopefully we can play well and overcome them.

“I remember them making their earliest impression, against Australia in 2005.  

“Since then they have been exposed to a lot more cricket and have become a better side.

“We were beaten by a better team in 2015. They deserved to win that night.”

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