sport news Eoin Morgan says it's LAUGHABLE for Joe Root to blame The Hundred and T20 for ...

sport news Eoin Morgan says it's LAUGHABLE for Joe Root to blame The Hundred and T20 for ...
sport news Eoin Morgan says it's LAUGHABLE for  Joe Root to blame The Hundred and T20 for ...
One-day captain Eoin Morgan says it’s LAUGHABLE for Test skipper Joe Root to blame The Hundred and T20 for England’s Ashes humiliation – and says cricket’s longer form has ALWAYS been the priority for the ECB  England suffered an embarrassing 4-0 series defeat to Australia at the Ashes Joe Root has since stated there is too much focus on limited-overs cricket He has called for more red-ball games in the summer at the time of the Hundred Eoin Morgan believes it's wrong to put the Test team's demise down to the ECB One-day captain Morgan said it's 'laughable' to use the Hundred as an excuse 

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Eoin Morgan appears to have pitted himself against Joe Root by insisting the Test team have ‘always been the priority’ and that people who blame the white-ball game for England’s Ashes humiliation ‘don’t watch cricket’.

England one-day captain Morgan also says it is ‘laughable’ to use the Hundred as an excuse for what happened in Australia following calls for a major shake-up of the domestic schedule.

In the aftermath of their embarrassing 4-0 series defeat Down Under, Test skipper Root urged the ECB to ‘prioritise’ his side, implying there has been too much focus on limited-overs cricket since 2015.

Joe Root has urged the ECB to put more focus onto red-ball games after England's Ashes loss

Joe Root has urged the ECB to put more focus onto red-ball games after England's Ashes loss

Eoin Morgan has branded it 'laughable' to blame the Hundred and T20 for England's Ashes humiliation

Eoin Morgan has branded it 'laughable' to blame the Hundred and T20 for England's Ashes humiliation 

Root also called for

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