Southampton: England skipper Eoin Morgan on Tuesday surpassed former Indian captain MS Dhoni to record most sixes in international cricket as a captain.
The left-handed batsman achieved the feat during the ongoing third and final ODI between England and Ireland.
The Indian wicket-keeper batsman Dhoni has smashed 211 sixes in his international career as a captain. Morgan broke the record in just 163 matches as compared to Dhoni who took 332 games to achieve the feat.
Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting with 171 sixes in 324 matches is third in the list.
Morgan got out after scoring 106 runs. His innings was studded with 15 fours and four glorious sixes. England were folded for 328 runs within fifty overs.
The Morgan led side had already sealed the three-match ODI series against Ireland after winning the second game by four wickets on August 1.
However, his century went in vain as remarkable hundreds from Paul Stirling and Andy Balbirnie helped Ireland to their first win against the world champions in England – and left a superb century from Eoin Morgan in the shade.
The series was already dead, but there was pride at stake, as well as a haul of 10 Super League points. Besides, for Irish cricket there is no such thing as a consolation win against England.
They had previously beaten them only once, when Kevin O’Brien’s famous 50-ball hundred helped chase down 328 at Bangalore during the 2011 World Cup. Here, they needed one run more, and their innings began amid a similar sense that they were about to embark on something futile.
