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		</div><p>England’s Eoin Morgan hailed the diversity of his World Cup-winning team after the hosts beat New Zealand in the final at Lord’s.</p>
<p>Morgan, who was born and raised in Dublin and switched allegiance from Ireland to England a decade ago, was asked: “Do you think the luck of an Irishman got England over the line?”</p>
<p>His response has since gone viral on social media.</p>
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<p>“We had Allah with us as well,” said Morgan. “I spoke to Adil (Rashid), he said Allah was definitely with us. I said we had the rub of the green.</p>
<p>“It actually epitomises our team. It has quite diverse backgrounds and cultures… to actually find humour in the situation that we were in at the time was pretty cool.”</p>
<p>Rashid and Moeen Ali are two Muslims who featured in England’s World Cup triumph, while the team includes several players who were born in other countries.</p>
<figure id="attachment_136288" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-136288" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img class="size-full wp-image-136288" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/775F9E66-6957-4CCA-A5F4-89EA5AAE5EDD.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="399" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-136288" class="wp-caption-text">England’s Jofra Archer during the World Cup celebrations on Monday</figcaption></figure>
<p>Bowler Jofra Archer is Barbados-born to a Liverpudlian father, all-rounder Ben Stokes was born in New Zealand, and batsman Jason Roy was born in South Africa.</p>
<p>Independent MP Nick Boles praised Morgan’s comments on Twitter, saying: “Listen up Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn: this is the spirit of the country you seek to lead.</p>
<p>“We saw it during the 2012 Olympics and we saw it this summer during #CWC19Final Our country is so much better than either of you.”</p>
<p>Taoiseach Leo Varadkar meanwhile tweeted: “It’s a wonderful feeling to see an Irishman and Dubliner @Eoin16 lifting the Cricket World Cup. A proud day for all of us. Congratulations Eoin Morgan and England.”</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">It’s a wonderful feeling to see an Irishman and Dubliner <a href="https://twitter.com/Eoin16?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Eoin16</a> lifting the Cricket World Cup. A proud day for all of us. Congratulations Eoin Morgan and England. Our debut test encounter awaits.</p>
<p>&mdash; Leo Varadkar (@LeoVaradkar) <a href="https://twitter.com/LeoVaradkar/status/1150516073944571905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 14, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>However, politician Jacob Rees-Mogg was criticised for what Alastair Campbell described as “a silly Brextremist point” on Twitter after England’s victory was confirmed.</p>
<p>“A d..n close run thing, we clearly don’t need Europe to win…” Mr Rees-Mogg tweeted, linking to a BBC story announcing England’s success.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">A d..n close run thing, we clearly don&#39;t need Europe to win&#8230; <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CricketWorldCupFinal?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CricketWorldCupFinal</a> <a href="https://t.co/lYsmHwy3Cy">https://t.co/lYsmHwy3Cy</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Jacob Rees-Mogg (@Jacob_Rees_Mogg) <a href="https://twitter.com/Jacob_Rees_Mogg/status/1150475669677268992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 14, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>The Conservative’s tweet received more than 8,000 comments, many criticising the sentiment of his message.</p>
<p>“Suggest you read replies @Jacob_Rees_Mogg and perhaps instead of making a silly Brextremist point offer congratulations to the Irish captain, the NZ-born Man of the Match and the Barbadian bowler who got it over the line,” tweeted Mr Campbell.</p>
<p>“P.s most European countries don’t play cricket.”</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Suggest you read replies <a href="https://twitter.com/Jacob_Rees_Mogg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Jacob_Rees_Mogg</a> and perhaps instead of making a silly Brextremist point offer congratulations to the Irish captain, the NZ-born Man of the Match and the Barbadian bowler who got it over the line. Then STFU P.s most European countries don&#39;t play cricket <a href="https://t.co/3KIpGEmvnb">https://t.co/3KIpGEmvnb</a></p>
<p>&mdash; ALASTAIR CAMPBELL (@campbellclaret) <a href="https://twitter.com/campbellclaret/status/1150486237867905024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 14, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Former footballers Gary Neville and Peter Reid also responded to Mr Rees-Mogg’s tweet, with Mr Reid tweeting: “Please have a day off , you dope.”</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">A d..n close run thing, we clearly don&#39;t need Europe to win&#8230; <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CricketWorldCupFinal?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CricketWorldCupFinal</a> <a href="https://t.co/lYsmHwy3Cy">https://t.co/lYsmHwy3Cy</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Jacob Rees-Mogg (@Jacob_Rees_Mogg) <a href="https://twitter.com/Jacob_Rees_Mogg/status/1150475669677268992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 14, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">A d..n close run thing, we clearly don&#39;t need Europe to win&#8230; <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CricketWorldCupFinal?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CricketWorldCupFinal</a> <a href="https://t.co/lYsmHwy3Cy">https://t.co/lYsmHwy3Cy</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Jacob Rees-Mogg (@Jacob_Rees_Mogg) <a href="https://twitter.com/Jacob_Rees_Mogg/status/1150475669677268992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 14, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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