London, Aug 18: England batsman Eoin Morgan may not have been amongst runs in the first two Tests against India, but a century at Edgbaston would’ve gone a long way in lifting his confidence. On the eve of the fourth match at the Oval, the Irish-born middle-order batsman spoke to the media briefly about his batting.

Excerpts from the media-interview:

On playing Test cricket

I always looked forward to it as a kid. Scoring a hundred in Test matches is something I have always strived to do and I have shown good form throughout summer; but obviously I haven’t got there.

On the lack of runs in the first two Test matches and his statement before the start of the series that went: ‘I won’t be losing sleep over playing the No. 1 side.’

That slack went on personally; I wasn’t better looking. I held my head quite well; [I] thought I was in good form. I will stick to my guns, doesn’t matter who you play against. [I] don’t particularly get fazed that much.

On whether his crouching tiger stance was a childhood legacy

[I] haven’t had it since I was a child; it sort of developed four or five years ago. It’s something that has developed naturally and hasn’t really been coached. I have played a lot of Twenty20 and one-day cricket recently so that’s played a massive part. [A] lot of my power hitting practically comes from the crouching position that I do take. It’s something that works for me, keeps me balanced at the crease; although the bottom half of my body moves, my head doesn’t move that much. [I try to] stay quite low at the crease and then stay quite balanced. At the point of release, my back foot moves a lot, I still stay crouched; my head is in a good position to move down the wicket and play the shot.