Eoin Morgan with the World Cup at Lord’s. I can’t stick my finger on where the game was won and lost, he admits

Eoin Morgan was the coolest, calmest person at Lord’s last Sunday as he led England to their first World Cup triumph. But now the captain renowned for his clear-headed logic is struggling to make sense of the incredible match and is even agonising over whether the long-awaited victory was fully deserved.

In an extension of the good spirit in which the game was played, Morgan, 32, and his New Zealand opposite number, Kane Williamson, have been in constant contact as they try to comprehend what happened in a match that was decided by the finest of margins on the final ball of the “extra time” Super Over.

“I’m not sure winning it makes it any easier,” says Morgan as he sits in a lounge