After touring with the England Lions over the winter, it was announced in April 2009 that Morgan was in England's 30-man provisional squad for the 2009 ICC World Twenty20. This meant that he could not play for Ireland, who were also participating in the tournament. While disappointed to be denied Morgan's batting, Irish cricket team manager Roy Torrens said "made no secret of that fact [wanting to play Test cricket. So you know, it's not totally unexpected to us. We realise this is always going to be a problem with our better players playing in England".