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Moeen Ali, the England all-rounder, with over 5000 plus runs and 200 plus wickets in international cricket. He was a 37-year-old cricketer who played the T20 World Cup in 2024; unfortunately, England lost the semi-finals against India, and that match became the last match of Moeen Ali with a sad end.
Moeen Ali disclosed that he was in talks with the England Cricket Board regarding his retirement from international cricket for giving the young talent the chances and opportunities for a better strengthening of the team in events like the Champions Trophy and the World Test Championship.
He finalized his decision when he got dropped from the white-ball series against Australia of three T20Is and five ODIs. “I’m 37 years old and didn’t get picked for this month’s Australia series,” Moeen said in a Daily Mail interview. “I’ve played a lot of cricket for England. It’s time for the next generation, which was also explained to me. It felt the time was right. I’ve done my part.”
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Moeen Ali, originally from Birmingham, is a left-handed batsman and right-arm spinner. He has represented England in Test, ODI, and T20I matches since 2014; he has made a total of 6678 runs and picked up 366 wickets in international cricket for England.
In the T20 format, Moeen Ali played for the Birmingham Bears in the vitality-blast T20 quarterfinals, where he took one wicket and scored 27 runs.
Fascinating facts about Moeen Ali
Moeen Ali is the first Asian-origin cricketer to become the captain of the England cricket team. He has achieved significant success in his cricket career, scoring five centuries in Test matches and three in ODIs. He has also taken 366 wickets combined across all three formats.
Additionally, he was a part of the England teams that won the 50-over World Cup in 2019 and the T20 World Cup in 2022.
Moeen Ali holds the record for scoring the fastest T20 century for England in merely 16 balls against South Africa in 2022. “When you first play for England, you don’t know how many games you are going to play. So to play nearly 300… I know they were the best days of my life,” Ali said.
Later, he added that he has plans for the future to continue playing franchise cricket and take on the role of coach later. “I could hold on and try to play for England again, but I know in reality I won’t,” he added.
“Even retiring, I don’t feel it’s because I’m not good enough… but I get how things are, and the team needs to evolve into another cycle. It’s about being real to myself.”
Moeen Ali is part of the Fab Four, the players who have scored over 5000 runs and 200 wickets in international cricket, which includes Shakib Al Hasan, Ben Stokes, Jason Holder, and Moeen Ali after 2014.
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