Eoin Morgan backs Michael Carberry to put horror England ODI debut behind him

Carberry became a figure of fun for the crowd as he dropped two catches in England's six-wicket defeat of Ireland in Dublin on Tuesday.

His luck did not change as he conceded 12 runs in bowling a single unimpressive over and then failed in his principle job, opening the batting, managing just 10.

But after the 32-year-old was selected on the back of some superb form for Hampshire, Morgan expects him to come good.

Morgan said: "With debuts you are on a hiding to nothing most of the time. More often than not they do not go right for you.

"Carbs is a very experienced cricketer. He will pick himself up, re-evaluate where he is at and we will encourage him to play with the freedom he does at Hampshire.

"We have very strong belief in him as an opening batsman."

Carberry - who played one Test match in 2010 - is one of a number of players to be given an opportunity this autumn as England rest several of their star names following their Ashes exertions.

Regular captain Alastair Cook, James Anderson, Ian Bell, Stuart Broad and Graeme Swann are all sitting out the late-season one-day internationals, which primarily consist of the five-match series against Australia starting on Friday.

Carberry, Boyd Rankin and Gary Ballance all made their debuts in the format against the Irish while other inexperienced players in James Taylor and Ben Stokes came back into the side.

Changes could be made as Kevin Pietersen, Jonathan Trott and Joe Root come back into contention for the first of the Australia matches at Headingley.

Morgan said: "We picked a team specifically for Tuesday and the conditions. We will see what we are going to do."

Edited by Michael Beattie

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Michael Carberry set to be called up by England for one-day series against Australia

Carberry has not played for England since his solitary Test against Bangladesh in 2010. Since then ill health has set back his career but this season he has been in good form for Hampshire and the England Lions.

Carberry, who has suffered a blood clot on his lung since his one England appearance, has been enjoying a prolific season in limited-overs cricket. He made 146 for the Lions against Bangladesh A last week and topped 500 runs in the Friends Life Twenty20 competition at a strike rate of 142.

The pinnacle of his T20 season came with a hundred in the quarter-final against Lancashire helping to earn him a place in the England Twenty20 squad, which was announced earlier this month.

England play two Twenty20s against Australia starting at the Rose Bowl on Thursday and Durham on Saturday.

It is likely that Alastair Cook, who does not play in the T20 side, will be rested from the 50-over side, leaving Eoin Morgan to captain the 50-over team. Stuart Broad will lead the Twenty20 side but is likely to miss some, if not all, of the 50-over series.

Kevin Pietersen, James Anderson and Graeme Swann are also set to be rested although they could be added to the squad at a later stage. The five-match one-day series begins on Sept 6, three days after a one-off game against Ireland in Dublin.

Morgan has struck form just at the right time, hitting a season’s-best 90 to inspire his Middlesex side to a four-wicket Yorkshire Bank 40 win over Leicestershire at Lord’s on Monday.

National selector Geoff Miller was there to see Morgan hit eight fours and four sixes in a match-defining innings as Middlesex reached their target with 10 balls to spare.

Morgan reached a 43-ball fifty – his first in all forms of cricket in a hugely disappointing domestic season – by chipping six into the Tavern Stand against Josh Cobb. He was just 10 short of his century when a mistimed slog sweep against Shiv Thakor flew to Greg Smith at long on.

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