2023-08-01 05:22:42
Kennington Oval: England spinner Moeen Ali announced his retirement from Test cricket along with Stuart Broad. Moeen Ali announced his retirement after playing a crucial role in England’s victory in the final Test of the Ashes series. Ali, who had earlier retired from Test cricket in 2021, was recalled to the Ashes team at the insistence of captain Ben Stokes after spinner Jack Leach got injured.
Ali said that it was a text message sent by Ben Stokes on his phone that brought him back to Test cricket, and jokingly said that even if Stokes sends a message, he will delete it without opening it. With this, it is certain that Moeen Ali will not play in the five-match Test series against India in February next year.
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Moeen Ali played a crucial role in England’s victory by taking three crucial Aussie wickets in the last innings of the Ashes. Moeen took a total of 204 wickets in 68 Tests. On his return, Moeen took 180 runs and nine wickets from the four Tests he played in the Ashes series. It was Moeen Ali who dropped Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh and Pat Cummins in the Aussies’ second innings.
I will be very surprised if Stokes isn’t having that conversation with Moeen Ali about being in India in February. If fit and available, he should be among the first 4 players England pick. My first 5? Stokes, Root, Leach, Moeen, Wood
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
Moeen Ali is only the 16th player to score 3000 runs and 200 wickets in Tests. Moeen scored 3094 runs in 68 Tests including five centuries and 15 fifties. Moeen Ali is still England’s key player in white ball cricket even though he has retired from Tests. Moeen is also expected to play for England in this year’s ODI World Cup in India.
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