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Eoin Morgan demonstrated his leadership skills by stopping the England cricket team chanting “Allez Allez Allez” at 10 Downing Street , according to reports.
The captain stepped in to urge his players to be quiet when they launched into the song celebrating their World Cup win against New Zealand .
“Look guys, we’ve got to calm it,” he told them, according to The Daily Telegraph’s account of the reception held by outgoing prime minister Theresa May .
The captain may have wanted to prevent a repeat of the scenes at Downing Street the day after the Ashes victory in 2005.
On that occasion Michael Vaughan ’s squad – including Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff – looked the worse for wear when they arrived to meet Tony Blair, his wife Cherie and children Euan and Nicky.
Show all 11 1 /11Team of tournament: Cricket World Cup Team of tournament: Cricket World Cup Rohit Sharma (India) - 648 runs at an average of 81 The leading run-scorer and the first man to hit five centuries in a single World Cup, India were heavily reliant on their opener's contributions. At one stage he seemed destined to eclipse Sachin Tendulkar's benchmark for most runs in one edition (673), only to fall short after a rare failure in the semi-final against New Zealand.
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Team of tournament: Cricket World Cup Jason Roy (England) - 443 runs at 63.28 A monstrous 153 against Bangladesh was followed by a hamstring tear, with England lacking vigour at the top of the order in his three-game absence. He amassed three half-centuries on his return and galvanised Jonny Bairstow. The pair have registered 11 century stands in 33 innings together at the top of the order, averaging 68.21.
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Team of tournament: Cricket World Cup Kane Williamson (New Zealand) - 578 runs at 82.57 Named man of the tournament, Williamson's bashful response after apparently being told of the honour went viral and spoke volumes about the man. Not only did he break the record for most runs at a tournament for a captain, his grace and eloquence in the immediate aftermath of a heartbreaking final defeat earned him a legion of new admirers.
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Team of tournament: Cricket World Cup Joe Root (England) - 556 runs at 61.77. Two wickets at 27.5 Despite finishing as England's leading run-scorer, it was a rather understated tournament for the Test captain, who was overshadowed by those around him. Nevertheless, England's glue regularly contributed in a way only he can, pushing the field and regularly rotating the strike, allowing his more flashy colleagues to take the plaudits.
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Team of tournament: Cricket World Cup Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh) - 606 runs at 86.57. 11 wickets at 36.27 The only member of the XI who did not reach the knockout stages, but it was not for the lack of trying. The only player in the history of the tournament to amass more than 600 runs and take 11 wickets, statistically no one else comes close to matching these figures. Can count himself unlucky not to scoop the player of the tournament gong.
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Team of tournament: Cricket World Cup Ben Stokes (England) - 465 runs at 66.42. Seven wickets at 35.14 Stokes' heroics in the final would have been enough to seal his entry here, but England's all-rounder has consistently delivered, primarily in a more nuanced role with the bat. A three-figure score may not have been forthcoming but there were five instrumental fifties, his 84 against New Zealand at Lord's the best of the lot.
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Team of tournament: Cricket World Cup Alex Carey (Australia) - 375 runs at 62.5. 18 catches and two stumpings A stellar 71 against New Zealand, counter-attacking brilliantly after a top-order collapse, was the highlight for Carey, who also made half-centuries in losing causes against India and South Africa. It may be that the genial Carey is one place too low here and in Australia's line-up. He kept tidily enough, too.
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Team of tournament: Cricket World Cup Mitchell Starc (Australia) - 27 wickets at 18.59 Setting a new record for most wickets at a single World Cup, relegating Glenn McGrath's haul of 26 scalps in 2007, tells its own story. The left-arm paceman is well on his way to greatness and his in-swinging yorker to castle Stokes at Lord's was probably ball of the tournament and one of its standout moments.
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Team of tournament: Cricket World Cup Jofra Archer (England) - 20 wickets at 23.05 It is a little more than two months since the Barbados-born youngster made his international bow, but the wiry speedster became the first England bowler to take 20 wickets at a World Cup. Despite his rookie status, he was trusted with bowling during the Super Over shoot-out against New Zealand, ultimately holding his nerve at the death.
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Team of tournament: Cricket World Cup Lockie Ferguson (New Zealand) - 21 wickets at 19.47 There were many tipping the paceman as one to watch in England and Wales, and Ferguson certainly did not disappoint. Only Starc took more wickets than a bowler whose blend of venomous short balls and toe-crushing yorkers, as well as a succinct slower ball, accounted for many a batsman.
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Team of tournament: Cricket World Cup Jasprit Bumrah (India) - 18 wickets at 20.61 Given Bumrah typically bowls at the start and the end of the innings - when batsmen are looking to accelerate - his economy rate of 4.41 is extraordinary. India's pace spearhead was able to bamboozle many batsmen with his subtle changes of pace, while he very rarely seems to miss his length with his yorkers.
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Matthew Hoggard later admitted that he had called the Labour PM a “knob” as they stepped outside for photographs, while Vaughan claimed he recruited Euan to buy them some more beer.
“I don’t remember much of it, to be honest,” Pietersen recalled. “I don’t even remember shaking the Prime Minister’s hand.”
Monday’s reception saw Ms May praise the team for representing modern Britain and inspiring “countless future Morgans, Rashids and Archers”.
“When the odds were against you in the biggest game of your lives, you simply and stubbornly refused to lose,” she told them.
“It is that determination, that character, that has made you world champions. But more than that, you have made history. You have helped the nation fall in love with cricket once again.”
The team were then photographed lifting the World Cup with the prime minister outside the doors of Number 10.
“It was nothing like in 2005,” according to an unnamed source quoted in the Telegraph . ”Everything was in good spirits and it was a fantastic day for English cricket.
“There was certainly no danger of any rude words being uttered in that song and Eoin quickly told them to calm it.”
The lyrics to the team’s version of the stadium chant include: “Our captain is Morgan, taking the cap forward, as the World Champions, Allez, Allez, Allez”.
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