Moeen Ali has issued a timely reminder to England’s national selectors that he should very much be in their scheme of things, having taken eight wickets and scored a double century for Worcestershire in their County Championship match against Yorkshire.
Ali last played for England during their tour of New Zealand in March. He was dropped after a string of poor performances through the course of the English winter, including the away Ashes series.
Since then, however, he’s done well on the county circuit, also bringing up his maiden T20 century. While Ali remains keen on the prospect of the regaining the England cap, the off-spinning all-rounder isn’t going to obsess over it.
“We are winning 2-1 and playing quite well. I know we lost the last game but I feel like we have played quite well in the Test matches.”
England are currently fielding Adil Rashid as their primary spinner, but on the seaming wickets that have been dished out so far, Rashid hasn’t had much to do. It’s unlikely a situation will arise which will see England find the need to play two spinners, but if they do, Ali would certainly have done his chances no harm.
The fourth Test, for which Ali is in the squad, starts on August 30.
