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The one on-field episode of the 2019 World Cup I will always remember came right at the end, when I was bowling the super over in the final against New Zealand at Lord's.
New Zealand needed three runs off two balls to win when Eoin Morgan came to me and said, 'Right, it's gamble time, what are we going to do to get a wicket or dot ball?'
I told him I wanted to bowl a bouncer. He asked me if I was sure and I said, 'Yeah'. 'OK then,' he said. 'Let's set a field for it.'
Eoin Morgan supported Jofra Archer's decisions during the tense World Cup final super over
I didn't expect him to let me bowl that particular ball because it's pretty high risk, and although it turned out to be the right delivery in costing just one run, looking back I might have done things differently.
No longer do I think a bouncer was the best penultimate ball. Nor do I think one should have been sent down at any time during that super over, because the reward is not enough when you consider the risk of being hit for a four or six.
But the fact we went with it that evening says a lot about our World Cup-winning captain. In the heat of the moment, all he was thinking was about making me feel comfortable and that's how he tended to be. Backing his team-mates, not just thinking about the winning and losing.
Someone who believed in his players. Someone who was prepared to risk things.
Writing for Sportsmail, Archer has praised the former captain for making him feel comfortable
We still use the WhatsApp group from that World Cup and the message at the weekend from Morgs, to let us know he was retiring, was waiting when I woke up.
To be honest, it took some comprehending because it was so unexpected.
Quitting a few months shy of the World Cup is probably a shock to many, but he sees it as the right time, and clearly felt he was no longer influencing results with personal contributions.
However, I don't think that way and I don't think other players do, either. It wouldn't have mattered whether Morgs scored a single run at the Twenty20 World Cup in Australia as long as he was there.
Morgan retired from international cricket, but has stepped away having clinched World Cup glory in 2019
It will definitely affect the team not having him around. Obviously, he has always been in the team to contribute as an
