Eoin Morgan will play the Big Bash League with Sydney Thunder. Source: IAN KINGTON / AFP
ENGLAND'S Irish short form specialist Eoin Morgan has become the latest star to sign with the Sydney Thunder.
A basket case for the first two years of the newly expanded Big Bash League, the Thunder is now shaping as a genuine contender, with Morgan joining new skipper Mike Hussey at the reinvigorated franchise.
And Morgan, 27, is hoping that spending time with Hussey will help the clever left hander reinvigorate his Test career.
"To play under a guy like him is going to be huge for me," Morgan said.
"I'm no different to any other left-handed middle order batsman. I'm a guy who aspired to be like him since I was very young having watched him progress his international career and kill it since he broke into the Australian side. It's been great to watch.
"I'll be picking his brain as much as he can.
"Anything to help me (play Test cricket again). I'm still an aspiring Test match cricketer.
"I've really enjoyed the Tests that I did play and I got a bit of a taste for it even though it was only 16 matches.
"It's where I want to be, especially playing Ashes cricket."
Eoin Morgan has played plenty of short-form cricket. Source: Getty Images
Morgan was reserve batsman on England's previous Ashes tour four years ago but failed to make the 17-man squad this time around.
However he is an integral member of England's one-day team, captaining the side in the absence of a resting Alastair Cook during the post Ashes one-day series earlier this year that Australia won.
Morgan will be available for the first four Thunder matches then joins the England one-day and Twenty20 squads following the five-Test series.
He is currently holidaying on the Gold Coast, where his South Australian girl friend is attending university, and will link up with an extended England training squad during the Test series, which begins in Brisbane next month.
Born in Dublin, he is a third generation "cricket nut" despite the game being a minor sport in Ireland.
"It's a lot bigger than you think," he said, claiming it has grown significantly over the past decade.
Eoin Morgan is looking forward to playing with Michael Hussey. Source: AP
His two sisters also played for Ireland and three brothers were part of provincial representative teams.
Morgan joined Middlesex as a 16-year-old claiming that Irish players moving to England was a natural progression for anyone who aspired to play Test cricket.
He has been followed by fast bowler Boyd Rankin, who is a part of the Ashes squad.
"I knew what I wanted to do from quite a young age so from when I was a young teenager I was an aspiring professional cricketer and knew the only pathway was to go across and play in England, to ply my trade over there," Morgan said.
He captained England to victory over Ireland in June, scoring 124 not out. It was the third time he had played against his former country.
"It didn't really feel that awkward," Morgan said. "I played against a lot of guys I grew up with and the big realisation for me is that if they were given the chance that I have been they would take it with both hands.
"There's no hard feelings between me and any of my mates."
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