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Moeen Ali - Performance Watch

Imagine the total beizzati that would have been heaped upon India if they had to face an England team with two Brummies in.
 
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Moeen Ali had a bad winter, but that didn’t mean he was a bad player, the off-spinner insisted after returning 5/63 to stifle India on Friday, 31 August.

India looked well on course to topple England’s first innings 246, with Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara adding 92 for the third wicket. But Ali then dismissed all of Ajinkya Rahane (11), Rishabh Pant (0), Hardik Pandya (4), R Ashwin (1) and Mohammed Shami (0) to leave the visitors reeling at 195/8.

For Ali, it was a return of the good times, much needed after his travails in Australia during the Ashes, when he returned just five wickets in as many matches.

“It is about believing you are not a bad player after one bad winter,” Ali said after play on the second day. “Many players have gone through that. For me, it was about moving on and hoping it made me a better player, a stronger character.

“It was about going out there performing for my country knowing I can do well here in England because I have done it before. Yes, it was a bad winter but I shrugged it off.”

Finding a role he is happy with has helped. “This role is my best, batting [No7] and as a second spinner. It gives me confidence and freedom, and I end up playing better.”

It was Ali’s second five-wicket haul against India at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton, and the all-rounder said that had provided a boost to his confidence. “Last time I was here, it gave me a bit of confidence for today,” he said. “It brings back memories and it's nice to have that at the back of your mind. It was great to be back and have so many people cheer for you.

“Australia is a difficult place for a foreign spinner, no matter who you are. For me it was about getting over that and coming back knowing I have played India in England before, done well and there was no reason why not again.”

India recovered from Ali's burst, with Pujara scoring an unbeaten 257-ball 132. England then ended the day at 6/0, trailing India by 21 runs, but Ali said posting the visitors a big target would be difficult on a pitch assisting bowlers.

“That will be difficult against their bowlers but we will have to fight hard to win this series here,” he said. “After my first over I thought I would be in the game throughout this Test match, which was nice.”
 
Haters are in twist here.

On one hand, India is the greatest team of all times :))

And on the other hand, they have to underrate Mo's 5fer against the 'greatest' team! :yk

Hilarious.
 
One of the most insane batting promotions that I have ever seen.

Outcome is likely to either be insanely bad or insanely good!
 
James said:
One of the most insane batting promotions that I have ever seen.

Outcome is likely to either be insanely bad or insanely good!
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Yep - very Pakistani this type of promotion
 
I would keep him at #3 for the next match as well, especially in England win this one. He plays at #3 for his county and could do well there, especially overseas, with England touring Sri Lanka and the West Indies next. This also makes everyone else's job easier, which is what Ali has been doing throughout his career.

Cook
Jennings/Hameed
Moeen
Root
Bairstow
Stokes
Buttler
Woakes
Curran/Leach
Rashid
Broad/Anderson

^ Decent team for Sri Lanka.
 
Clever thinking from England, this way Moeen has a nice long rest and will be fresh when it's time for him to bowl out India in the 4th innings
 
He should bat permanently in the top order for Eng. Maybe at 3 or 4. He is too good to bat at 7. England don't have much of the choice either.
 
Top performance, Sam did well but the difference in this test was Moen.
India was able to play Moen easily in India but somehow in England he is holding upper hand.
 
Tremendous respect for this lad. Humble and gets the job done without any fuss. Flatters to deceive at times, but he’s an impact player for sure.
 
Woah. Matchwinning high impact performance in his comeback game, important runs in the first dig and then destroyed the midsection of both Indian innings with a hatful of wickets. Amazing.
 
JaDed said:
In that series Karun Nair had a triple ton, so hope you know what standards were on.
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In his home conditions.

2 tons from Moeen, in an away series in India, is a very good effort for an all-rounder.
 
James said:
In his home conditions.

2 tons from Moeen, in an away series in India, is a very good effort for an all-rounder.
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Fair in a way,It's in in terms of what were overall scores ,if your criteria is just England team then maybe yeah, plus he wasn't able to bowl in spinning pitches as well as he does in England

Also that was Karuns first ton as such, just saying might be his home but still.
In the same test Rahul made 199.
 
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JaDed said:
Fair in a way,It's in in terms of what were overall scores ,if your criteria is just England team then maybe yeah, plus he wasn't able to bowl in spinning pitches as well as he does in England

Also that was Karuns first ton as such, just saying might be his home but still.
In the same test Rahul made 199.
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Sorry, what are you trying to say? Were those easy conditions for batsmen or were the matches played on "spinning pitches"? Either way, he scored two tons against the Indians in their own conditions, which is very impressive.
 
Since Moeen's debut on 12th June 2014, only Steve Smith has more Man of the Match awards in test matches.

:salute
 
Bilal7 said:
Sorry, what are you trying to say? Were those easy conditions for batsmen or were the matches played on "spinning pitches"? Either way, he scored two tons against the Indians in their own conditions, which is very impressive.
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Good you asked and hopefully you remember that logic now.
 
As average as Moeen is as a player, England's usually stronger with him in it. He's England's best spinner despite being part time, which is kind of telling of England's spin resources at the moment. By playing him (and not a spinner), you get to play an extra pace bowler. Usually one that can bat e.g. Woakes, Curran. This strengthens the batting side immensely instead of forcing to pick a spinning tailender over Woakes or Curran.

If England had stronger players, Moeen wouldn't even get a look in. But Moeen fills a lot of the gaps in the England side, hence he doesn't need to be extraordinary to do that as long as he covers them and fills them allowing England to play a stronger side.

Ideally he'd develop into a Hafeez type player, someone who averages around 40 up the order and provides spin bowling. Not a standout player, but gives more bowling balance to the side, and ideally plays up the order as a bit more of a sacrifice, allowing the better players to play down the order. Like in Pakistan's situation there were no real good openers, so england might as well play a guy who at least provides value to the team (i.e combination of ball and bat).
 
Bilal7 said:
:salute

Exceptional. How far behind Smith is he?
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Big Mac said:
Smith has 8, Moeen has 6. I believe Kohli and Herath also have 6 MOTM awards in that time.
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I think both Stokes and Root have 6 as well, but he is sure to win more in the future. The criticisms he has found himself under have been harsh especially with regards to his possible selection in this series and he was often looked upon as an inferior selection to Rashid by folk from hells on earth like Sheffield, Bradford, Yorkshire and Peshawar to :yk Mo can sure be more consistent but he is arguably England's biggest match winner in Tests.

India fans were in a coma after 2014, now they are completely fried :ashwin Just look at their bitter posts over the years in this thread :))) Sore losers :(
 
Talk Nah [MENTION=1842]James[/MENTION] , this bloke was glorifying Adils performances over the past 3 games :))) this is how you win Test matches for your country, it was so humiliating how Adil was being refereed to as the 2nd spinner on commentary and treated that way on the field to, hope he never plays for England again.
 
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Admire his attitude and the way man carries himself. He is a role model for young Muslim youth of England. Classy.

#Respect
 
shaz619 said:
I think both Stokes and Root have 6 as well, but he is sure to win more in the future. The criticisms he has found himself under have been harsh especially with regards to his possible selection in this series and he was often looked upon as an inferior selection to Rashid by folk from hells on earth like Sheffield, Bradford, Yorkshire and Peshawar to :yk Mo can sure be more consistent but he is arguably England's biggest match winner in Tests.

India fans were in a coma after 2014, now they are completely fried :ashwin Just look at their bitter posts over the years in this thread :))) Sore losers :(
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Stokes and Root both have 5, as do Williamson, Rabada and Jadeja.

The Bradman of Bowling has 4 :ashwin

Anderson, Broad and Cook have 3, as do Yasir Shah and Younis Khan.
 
Big Mac said:
Stokes and Root both have 5, as do Williamson, Rabada and Jadeja.

The Bradman of Bowling has 4 :ashwin

Anderson, Broad and Cook have 3, as do Yasir Shah and Younis Khan.
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I checked just now found that Root has 6 as well but my bad Stokes indeed has 5, how fitting because I believe he is as big a match winner as Joe and he now has won more awards hen Ben to when people keep advocating a silly idea that he is levels below.

Even in those home conditions after so many games :yk2 I expected better from Ravi Chuckwin :mv
 
shaz619 said:
I checked just now found that Root has 6 as well but my bad Stokes indeed has 5, how fitting because I believe he is as big a match winner as Joe and he now has won more awards hen Ben to when people keep advocating a silly idea that he is levels below.

Even in those home conditions after so many games :yk2 I expected better from Ravi Chuckwin :mv
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"Since Moeen's debut on 12th June 2014" :ashwin
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Congratulations to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MoeenAli?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MoeenAli</a> on his fabulous performance and what a come back bro. Congratulations <a href="https://twitter.com/ECB_cricket?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ECB_cricket</a> on the win.</p>— Azhar Mahmood (@AzharMahmood11) <a href="https://twitter.com/AzharMahmood11/status/1036636635574808577?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 3, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Moeen doing well so far in his new lofty batting position, can he reach a half century?
 
That entry in the scorebook would make Trott proud, he's done enough to get a decent run at #3 now.
 
The number of big knocks that England No.3s have registered since Trott stepped down has been negligible. Even a 50 is pretty good compared with what we’ve been used to.
 
James said:
The number of big knocks that England No.3s have registered since Trott stepped down has been negligible. Even a 50 is pretty good compared with what we’ve been used to.
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Since he has been given another chance at no.3 I hope he is given a long rope in the top order or else this is pointless even though I have my own reservations. Having said that these 50 runs from a no.3 are like gold regardless from an England POV. He did a well enough job to make things easy for Root but he failed yet again even in his preffered spot, no excuse from a big player.
 
Don't think his bowling will be good enough outside of England to be the number 1 spinner. England should utilise his batting more. Not sure if he's a number 3 but he can do a good job at 5 or 6.

To bat at 3 you have to be able to get big scores, don't think Moen can score big 100 plus scores on a consistent basis .
 
I do hope that he does establish himself in a team as a batsman cause the man has talent - however at the international level he doesn't seem to have the skills for a no3.
 
Hasan123 said:
Don't think his bowling will be good enough outside of England to be the number 1 spinner. England should utilise his batting more. Not sure if he's a number 3 but he can do a good job at 5 or 6.

To bat at 3 you have to be able to get big scores, don't think Moen can score big 100 plus scores on a consistent basis .
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The thing is no spinner in England has won more Test matches with their bowling then Moeen, he is the no.1 spinner by default even though this may not be his forte. The sooner England accept this the better, rather then waste their time and resources looking for specialists who keep failing it is better to back the one who is more accomplished and shown that he deserves a long rope / support, am sure we can still consider other options for the role of second spinner.

The performances away have not come but Mo needs to be shown more faith at the same time, when you're bowling even on favourable wickets away from home for the first time at international level it's never easy even for a seasoned veteran like Ravi Ashwin, but with time one can improve. The winter wasn't great for Mo and we know how tough those places can be and he had to play in those games with little prep and 50% match fitness because of Stokes.

I agree with you about the batting position but if these guys are having him bat at no.3 then they need to give him consistent chances or its pointless.
 
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I think he'll be fine at 3 in Sri Lanka and the Caribbean. It's on quicker wickets where he'll have problems adjusting defensively because his technique isn't sufficiently robust.

On his role as a spinner, he can hardly do worse than the last two winters. I don't expect him to do poorly against Sri Lanka, because the wickets will turn more than the Indian pitches two years ago, that were featherbeds.
 
shaz619 said:
The thing is no spinner in England has won more Test matches with their bowling then Moeen, he is the no.1 spinner by default even though this may not be his forte. The sooner England accept this the better, rather then waste their time and resources looking for specialists who keep failing it is better to back the one who is more accomplished and shown that he deserves a long rope / support, am sure we can still consider other options for the role of second spinner.

The performances away have not come but Mo needs to be shown more faith at the same time, when you're bowling even on favourable wickets away from home for the first time at international level it's never easy even for a seasoned veteran like Ravi Ashwin, but with time one can improve. The winter wasn't great for Mo and we know how tough those places can be and he had to play in those games with little prep and 50% match fitness because of Stokes.

I agree with you about the batting position but if these guys are having him bat at no.3 then they need to give him consistent chances or its pointless.
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In home conditions he should be the sole spinner but In Asian conditions, I don't see him being successful. His best chance to make a career in test cricket is as a batsmen. He has the qualities but just needs a consistent run in the middle order.
 
Hasan123 said:
In home conditions he should be the sole spinner but In Asian conditions, I don't see him being successful. His best chance to make a career in test cricket is as a batsmen. He has the qualities but just needs a consistent run in the middle order.
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Make a career? He's playing his 52nd test match. :))
 
Hasan123 said:
What I meant was a consistent place . He isn't a certainty to start as we have seen in the last few months.
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He's indispensable. Their best spinner and now their #3 batsman. One would think you're speaking about someone who has been in and out of the test team.
 
Bilal7 said:
He's indispensable. Their best spinner and now their #3 batsman. One would think you're speaking about someone who has been in and out of the test team.
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We know what he can in home conditions but he struggled against Australia and New Zealand hence he was dropped. It would better for him to bat at 4 or 5 . Keeps him away from the new ball and allows him to face the spinners which he has shown he is more than capable of playing.
 
Hasan123 said:
We know what he can in home conditions but he struggled against Australia and New Zealand hence he was dropped. It would better for him to bat at 4 or 5 . Keeps him away from the new ball and allows him to face the spinners which he has shown he is more than capable of playing.
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Australia and New Zealand are the worse case scenario for a player like him. A graveyard for offies and bouncy, fast pitches that assist the faster men. Plus, he was never fully fit for these tours.

England's problem is that they have a bunch of good players who are all suited to batting at 5, 6 and 7. Unlike the rest, Ali can and has done well at the #3 position so it's not a bad tactic to try him there for the series against Sri Lanka at least.
 
Bilal7 said:
Australia and New Zealand are the worse case scenario for a player like him. A graveyard for offies and bouncy, fast pitches that assist the faster men. Plus, he was never fully fit for these tours.

England's problem is that they have a bunch of good players who are all suited to batting at 5, 6 and 7. Unlike the rest, Ali can and has done well at the #3 position so it's not a bad tactic to try him there for the series against Sri Lanka at least.
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Yes that is true but he couldn't even keep things tight and he has failed on more than 1 oversees tour. If you can't pick up wickets as a spinner in overseas conditions , you need to be able to keep it tight.

Ali hasn't done well in the top order at international career. He failed in the UAE as a opener. He can do a good job in the middle order for the reasons I mentioned above.
 
Hasan123 said:
We know what he can in home conditions but he struggled against Australia and New Zealand hence he was dropped. It would better for him to bat at 4 or 5 . Keeps him away from the new ball and allows him to face the spinners which he has shown he is more than capable of playing.
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There are other betters examples of failure with the ball away from home, don't think he did too well in India but came to the party with his bat over there. As for AUS / NZ, it's tough there as it is but we know the prep was poor also due to his injuries and lack of match fitness.
 
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Fantastic all round match winning performance from Mo
 
41 and 2 wickets in the semi-final.
41 and 3 wickets in the final.

Took out the biggest scalp in each opponent's side, too (Buttler and Wright).

Brilliant day for Worcestershire. Moeen, Ben Cox and Pat Brown were all superb in both games.
 
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Fantastic bowling from Moeen in this match. Eight-wicket haul that takes him to 150 test wickets. Should get to 200 in his next few matches too.

Hope he's given a long run at #3 because England would love to have a #3 who averages 40-42 with the bat but is also their best spinner.

Hasan123 said:
In home conditions he should be the sole spinner but In Asian conditions, I don't see him being successful. His best chance to make a career in test cricket is as a batsmen. He has the qualities but just needs a consistent run in the middle order.
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Do you still see him not being successful?
 
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Not bad. :mv

Clearly a fan of Sobers.
 
Good display with the ball this match, not so good with the bat though!
 
Bilal7 said:
Fantastic bowling from Moeen in this match. Eight-wicket haul that takes him to 150 test wickets. Should get to 200 in his next few matches too.

Hope he's given a long run at #3 because England would love to have a #3 who averages 40-42 with the bat but is also their best spinner.



Do you still see him not being successful?
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In Asian conditions he should play in the middle order and in England he can play as a sole spinner. If he bats at 3 , I think he may struggle.
 
He's going to go down as one of Englands great cricketers. Truly a great allround player. One of the best in the world inmho.
 
Moeen Ali ready to take sole responsibility as England spinner in first Test against Windies

Moeen Ali says he is ready to be England's sole spinner in Wednesday's first Test against the Windies and feels his bowling has reached its best level in the longer format of the game.

The visitors picked three spin bowlers during their last victorious away tour in Sri Lanka during November 2018 but with the Barbados pitch known for being seamer-friendly, captain Joe Root faces a selection dilemma on the balance of the side.

Ali was dropped from the Test side in March 2018 but after working with England spin coach Saqlain Mushtaq he made a successful return to the red-ball team in the fourth Test against India in Southampton last summer, taking nine wickets in the match.

The 31-year-old, who picked up 18 scalps in Sri Lanka, says he would be happy to shoulder the task of being the side's leading spin option during the three-match series against the Windies.

"I wouldn't find it as difficult to be the only spinner in the side as I once probably did," Ali told Sky Sports.

"I've played quite a bit now and I feel like at this moment in time my bowling is at its best in terms of my control and my work with Saqlain on my mindset.

"I will happily take on that responsibility as I have done it on other occasions but I loved having the other guys (in the side) as well."

Meanwhile, Ali admitted that he was not disappointed to have dropped down the batting order once having been promoted to No 3 in the second innings in Southampton against Virat Kohli's team.

The experiment lasted for just five innings, in which he managed a high score of 50 and three single-digit scores before he returned to the lower order in the second Test against Sri Lanka at Pallekele with Jonny Bairstow taking over the No 3 position.

"If I'm bowling a lot it is difficult to bat three," Ali explained. "It is a very tough position and I feel it is for someone who can bat a long time and score big runs and I can't do that!

"I feel like I am quite important down the order, can change the momentum of the game and I like that role."

https://www.skysports.com/cricket/n...england-spinner-in-first-test-against-windies
 
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Some big tests coming up for Moeen, Rashid and the rest of the English players. A home World Cup followed by the Ashes. Let's see how they do.
 
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What has gone wrong with Moeen bhai the test batsman?

He had a good tour of India with the bat in late 2016 but since then he's averaging 22 over 19 test matches. Sure he averages 30/31 with the ball over the same period but he needs to find his batting form again ahead of the Ashes.
 
Gabbar Singh said:
What has gone wrong with Moeen bhai the test batsman?

He had a good tour of India with the bat in late 2016 but since then he's averaging 22 over 19 test matches. Sure he averages 30/31 with the ball over the same period but he needs to find his batting form again ahead of the Ashes.
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He is still their biggest match winner and at home especially the guy is invincible so the Ashes wont be much of a problem for him, if he wont do the job with the bat he will do the job with the ball. Problem is
with the bat they never have a consistent role for him and that has been a major issue which is why he has now accepted the role as the no.1 spinner which is a good and bad thing.
 
Last eight test matches, Beard has 41 wickets, average 22, s/r 40.

Now I know he has some sort of psychological hold over the Indians, and SL are weak.

But still. These are not the figures of a part time spinner.
 
Bilal7 said:
Sorry, what are you trying to say? Were those easy conditions for batsmen or were the matches played on "spinning pitches"? Either way, he scored two tons against the Indians in their own conditions, which is very impressive.
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2 centuries is impressive, but over the series in India he averaged 42.3 which is okay but not great. With the ball he averaged 64.9! Essentially a dud as a bowler and marginal as someone justifying his place in the team as a specialist batsman.

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/8917.html?class=1;template=results;type=batting

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/8917.html?class=1;template=results;type=bowling
 
In 2017 he averaged 30 with the ball.

Last year, average 28.

This year average 21 in three tests, which should improve further today and tomorrow. He averages 19 in the fourth innings (career) after all.
 
I could never understand how this guy could buy a wicket against Indian line up. After seeing our current Indian batsmen struggle big time against (Pujara, Rahane) domestic spinners , i can understand why they struggle. Lack of exposure against spin bowling in Indian conditions have caused them regress against spin. I back a fifth division cricket team from India play Moeen Ali better than our Indian main team. Agarwal has zero problems against any spinners. Be it is Lyon or domestic bullies. Rahane was all at sea in the ongoing match.
 
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