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Eoin Morgan believe his selection as England captain for the RSA Challenge in his native Dublin is a "huge tribute" to Irish cricket.
The 24-year-old lead his adopt country for the first time in tomorrow's stand-alone one-day international in the city of his birth and next to the side he made his name with.
Morgan played 23 one-day internationals for Ireland before catching the notice of the England selectors and has gone on to become debatable the central cog in their limited-overs batting.
His altitude to captain in the absence of the rested Alastair Cook and Stuart Broad represent another significant achievement, but while many in Ireland regret the loss of their country's most gifted player, Morgan thinks his own progress should be seen in an optimistic light.
"It's a huge honor and freedom to be in the location I am at the instant, for this game in exacting," said Morgan, who captain Ireland Under-19s against England Under-19s in 2006.
"I wouldn't have likely it (would come against Ireland). It's thrilling though, I certainly enjoy playing alongside Ireland and I've done it a number of times. "I think it's a huge tribute (to Ireland) and I can vouch for that.
"I played with Ireland when Ed Joyce made his first appearance for England, played in a World Cup for England, scored a hundred in Sydney for England.
"They were proud moment for Irish cricket. You can pride yourself on producing guys who can play at the highest level."
Morgan was absent with injury in March when a Kevin O'Brien-inspired Ireland famously defeated England in Bangalore in the World Cup.
His squads include just one man who knowledgeable that shock reversal, the fit-again Jonathan Trott, with a host of star names rested following the Test series whitewash over India.
Next to Cook and Broad, the likes of James Anderson, Ian Bell, Tim Bresnan and Graeme Swann - not to mention team director Andy Flower - have all been exempt the trip to Clontarf.
That leaves fielding coach Richard Halsall in charge of team affairs and four uncapped players - Ben Stokes, Jonathan Bairstow, Scott Borthwick and James Taylor - included. But Morgan discarded suggestion the selection betrayed satisfaction on England's part.
"With the strength of cricket we've played in the last 12 months and the cricket ahead of us, this game is a window of chance to give some of the senior guys a rest. There has to be a understanding," he said. "The cricket we've played and the level we've played it at takes a hell of a lot out of you.
"And take nothing away from the guys who are coming in. A lot of them have previously played and the four new guys who have come in are the brightest and biggest talents in English cricket at the moment. No-one should be dissatisfied with the side we've come with.
"The side is always hungry. With our ethos in the team, we strive to win and to do it for each other. It's why we succeed in the Test arena and what we're look to do in one-day cricket as well."
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