Moeen Ali

Bairstow and Ali left out of England white-ball squads for Australia series

Wicketkeeper-batter Jonny Bairstow and spinner Moeen Ali may have played their last games for England after being dropped Monday in a shakeup of the white-ball squads to face Australia. England and Australia will play three T20 internationals starting Sept. 11 at Southampton followed by five ODI games. Matthew Mott was fired as head coach of the limited-overs side last month after disappointing title defenses in the ODI and T20 World Cups and the appetite for change has continued with the removal of two senior players sharing more than 400 caps for the forthcoming series against Australia. Five uncapped players have been called up for Marcus Trescothick's first assignment as interim coach, with left-arm seamer Josh Hull, allrounder Jacob Bethell and pace bowler John Turner selected in both formats, while Dan Mousley and Jordan Cox come into the T20 squad. Moeen has been an influential vice-captain to Jos Buttler in recent times but is now 37 and has acknowledged in the past that

T20 World Cup 2024: Buttler admits tactical mistake of not bowling Moeen

Admitting that they were completely outplayed by India in the T20 World Cup semifinal, England skipper Jos Buttler said in hindsight it was a tactical mistake on his part to not bowl Moeen Ali on a turning Providence pitch here. Indian spin twin of Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav claimed three wickets each as the defending champions folded for 103 in 16.4 overs in their pursuit of 172 in a rain-interrupted semi-final here on Thursday. "Yeah, disappointing. I think we were outplayed by India. They fully deserved the victory," Buttler said in the post-match media interaction. "They had an above-par score. I was hoping to restrict them to 145-150 probably on that pitch. It was always going to be a tough chase from there." Having won the toss, the England skipper went in with an unchanged XI and it was Adil Rashid and Liam Livingstone who were his chosen spinners, overlooking Moeen Ali perhaps to deal with the damp conditions. Rashid and Livingstone conceded just 49 runs in their eight o

T20 World Cup 2024 WI vs ENG Matchups: Pooran vs Rashid to Brook vs Russell

England and the Windies have always had a magnificent rivalry in cricket and it has continued in the shortest format too. Here are the key match-ups to look out for

IPL 2024: Dhoni is a special player and a special captain - Moeen Ali

All-rounder Moeen Ali has lavished praise on England skipper Ben Stokes despite the underwhelming Test performance against India, saying the all-rounder is special for the way he has transformed the side into an "amazing and entertaining" unit. Ali, who has retired from the longest format, said Stokes deserves plenty of credit for ensuring that England are better than average. "I had Joe Root and Alastair Cook as my captains, but Stokesy was just different. The way he's taking the game and team forward, it's really amazing. He took England from not playing great cricket to amazing and entertaining cricket," Ali told 'ESPNCricinfo'. England are trailing 1-3 in the ongoing series and the the fifth and final Test is currently in progress in Dharamsala. Ali also defended the visiting team's ultra-aggressive 'Bazball' approach, which has drawn criticism for being one-dimensional after India managed to gain the upper-hand. "Everyone is talking about Bazball. But they actually don't belie

Cricket World Cup 2023 ENG vs AUS Playing 11, toss result, live streaming

The Three Lions have decided to field an unchanged Playing 11 today, while Marcus Stoinis and Cameron Green returned to Australia Playing 11.

Cricket World Cup 2023 ENG vs SL Playing 11, toss result, live streaming

ICC Cricket World Cup 2023, England vs Sri Lanka Playing 11: Sri Lanka will have the advantage of experienced Angelo Mathews. But will he play is the bigger question

Cricket World Cup 2023 IND vs ENG Playing 11, toss result, live streaming

ICC Cricket World Cup 2023, India vs England Playing 11: Both the teams have retained their Playing 11 from the previous match.

ENG vs SL Highlights, World Cup 2023: Clinical Sri Lanka punish England

England vs Sri Lanka Highlights, ICC Cricket World Cup 2023: As Pathum Nissanka and Sadeera Samarawickrama hit 50s and Lahir Kumara took 3/35, the Lankan Lions defeated the Three Lions by 8 wickets

World Cup 2023: Moeen Ali lists reason behind England lacklustre campaign

Over the last few years, England's success in the white ball formats was built on downright aggression, and all-rounder Moeen Ali on Tuesday admitted that the defending champions have not been able to produce that kind of cricket in this World Cup. England have lost three games out of four in this tournament and are in dire need to win the next matches to keep their hopes of reaching the semifinals alive. "We've been playing aggressive cricket since 2015 and done it quite well. I think the lack of that way of cricket has probably cost us a little bit in this tournament. "I think we need to play that way, but without slogging the ball, but just be that really aggressive side that we know we can be," said Ali in the pre-match press conference. However, Ali was candid enough to say that playing that brand of cricket is not always easy, as it required sustained aggression. "It's not always that easy. Yeah, most of the time you want the guys to score quickly and score for longer period

Cricket World Cup, ENG vs AFG Highlights: Historic win for Afghanistan

ICC Cricket World Cup 2023, England vs Afghanistan Highlights: Three Afghan spinners- Rashid Khan, Mujeeb-Ur-Rahman and Mohammad Nabi shared eight wickets between them as they beat England by 69 runs

Ashes 3rd Test preview: ENG vs AUS playing 11, weather and live streaming

England are already 0-2 down and in a must-win game, need to showcase the fight for survival in the series. They have removed James Anderson, Josh Tongue and injured Ollie Pope from the playing 11

Ashes 1st Test, Day 4: England fight hard, Australia need 174 more to win

After losing two sessions on Day 3, the arch-rivals more than made up for it by playing an exciting brand of cricket. At the end of Day 4, Australia were 107/3, needing 174 more to win on the last day

Ashes: Stokes' call changed Moeen Ali's mind to come out of Test retirement

The message flashing on Moeen Ali's mobile phone was simple and to the point. Ashes? It came from England captain Ben Stokes, who had just learnt that his premier spinner Jack Leach was likely to miss the entire test series against Australia because of a back injury and was on the look-out for a replacement. Ali's first response? LOL. The news of Leach's absence was quickly confirmed so Ali thought about it, and realized how much fun it would be to play for England again given the team's new-found attacking approach under Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum. This was also the Ashes, he said to himself, the biggest test series in cricket. So Ali decided to come out of test retirement and could be thrown straight into England's team for the first match at Edgbaston on Friday. There he was on Tuesday, back in his test match whites and facing the glare of the English media. Like he does on the field, he adopted a relaxed approach. I spoke to Stokesy about how he talks to the batter

Moeen Ali praises Dhoni, explains what separates him from other captains

Moeen Ali talked about the leadership skills of MS Dhoni and what separates him from other captains in a recent episode of Anbuden Diaries.

He can definitely play again next year: Moeen on Dhoni's IPL participation

England's seasoned all-rounder Moeen Ali feels Mahendra Singh Dhoni "could definitely" feature in the IPL next year, playing down the widespread supposition that the ongoing season will be the Chennai Super Kings captain's last appearance in the T20 league. At 41, the World Cup-winning former India skipper continues to attract massive following across the length and breadth of the country, and last week came close to lifting CSK to a win over Rajasthan Royals, with batting that reminded everyone of his best years. "He could definitely play again next year," Moeen was quoted as saying by 'ESPNcricinfo'.says. "The way he's playing, I don't think it'll be his batting that stops him from playing, even if it's in two, three years' time. "I wasn't surprised at how he played (against Rajasthan). I've been watching him in the nets, and he's been batting unbelievably well. "It's just amazing to see from somebody at that age. It's not easy when you come in so late - people forget that a lot

T20 World Cup: Despite ugly wins England peaking at right time, feels Moeen

Though England have reached the semifinals of T20 World Cup, their journey has not been as smooth as they would have liked. England pipped Australia to the second spot in the Super 12 on Net Run Rate

Buttler, Moeen not in favour of running out batters at non-striker's end

England white ball captain Jos Buttler and his deputy Moeen Ali said that running out a non-striker for backing too is not "their thing" and that they would rather call the player back if any of their teammates used it as a mode of dismissal. Custodians of the laws of cricket MCC has re-affirmed that a non-striker's run out while backing up is within the laws of the game but there has been no end to the debate in the aftermath of the third and final women's ODI between India and England where Deepti Sharma ran out Charlie Dean to complete clean sweep for visitors. "No, I am calling the batsman back," the 32-year-old Buttler, who is recovering from a calf injury ahead of the World Cup, told TalkSPORT. Incidentally, in IPL 2019, Buttler was at the receiving end as Rajasthan Royals opener when he was run-out in a similar fashion by veteran Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Aswhin, who was back then playing for Kings XI Punjab. "No one wants to see them in the game because they always ..

Aamer Jamal leads Pakistan to a six-run win against England in 5th T20

Captain Moeen Ali's fighting unbeaten half century went in vain as Pakistan successfully defended a below-par total to beat England by six runs in the fifth Twenty20. Needing 15 runs off the last over, Ali could hit just one six off debutant fast bowler Aamer Jamal to reach his fifty before England got restricted at 139-7. Mark Wood's pace had earlier dismantled Pakistan for 145 in 19 overs in the lowest total so far of the series, which Pakistan now leads 3-2. David Willey and Sam Curran both grabbed 2-23. It was the second time in a row that England slipped while chasing a below-par total in the seven-match series. They lost the fourth T20 at Karachi by three runs when Pakistan chipped in with the last three wickets for just one run. Ali made an unbeaten 51 off 37 balls, but Pakistan strangled England through spinners Iftikhar Ahmed (1-16) and Shadab Khan (1-25) in the middle overs and the run-rate kept on climbing. Today was the most disappointing performance with the bat for s

Moeen Ali praises Pakistan's Aamer Jamal for his superb death-over bowling

Pakistan right-arm pacer Aamer Jamal's performance has come in for special praise from the rival team skipper Moeen Ali after the debutant produced a brilliant final over

We will not put pressure on ourselves over T20 World Cup: Moeen Ali

England stand-in skipper for the seven-match T20I series against Pakistan Moeen Ali has indicated his side will not put pressure on itself thinking about the upcoming World Cup