"Pakistan are a very dangerous side probably the most dangerous side in the world": Moeen Ali

[MenInG]

Moeen Ali speaking in presser ahead of the 2nd T20I

"Pakistan are a very dangerous side probably the most dangerous side in the world in terms of the fact that they can beat anybody anytime, on any sort of wicket as you saw in the last World Cup, where they made it to the final"

"They always do well in World Cups, they're amazing and they obviously make everybody nervous no matter who they're playing"

"You have to play well to beat Pakistan, as they can be unpredictable at times but especially in big tournaments, they're an amazing side"

"Babar Azam, obviously, everybody knows that he's an amazing player he's a brilliant player. As far as (his) ranking is concerned, I don't care personally - I mean you watch a player, and you know he's a top player"

"I don't think teams and countries talk too much about rankings (are not concerned about rankings) and where people stand but it's all about performing on the big stage and in World Cups and winning for your team, but we know Babar is an amazing player and everybody loves watching him play"

 

[emranabbas]

hate it when players of aother teams says 'pakistan is the most dangerous team" we make a raita out of it. Its happened too many times in the past

 

[AAli98]

Theyr dangerous but in junk food outlets.. theyr going to the U.S with there family’s for a vacation just like they did in last World Cup. How they never reached the semis is unforgivable. They only play with fans emotions these days.

 

[BouncerGuy]

Moeen ali is trying to make Pakistan look like some unbeatable squad so that they get hyped and their focus is all out. Well done Moeen. Trying to divert the attention of Pakistan players especially azam khan so that he does not smash Jofra for 3-4 sixes. Nice.

 

[boomboomcheema]

Diplomatic comments by Moeen.

 

[MANU ROY]

Moe is to nice

 

[FearlessRoar]

He is saying this to make Pakistan team over confident so that Pakistan make mistakes

 

[mominsaigol]

Moeen ali is trying to make Pakistan look like some unbeatable squad so that they get hyped and their focus is all out. Well done Moeen. Trying to divert the attention of Pakistan players especially azam khan so that he does not smash Jofra for 3-4 sixes. Nice.

Moeen Ali says this about every team? He's even made comments against Ireland, Nedtherlands and various other associates?

He just repeats things on loop, this interview is nothing new.

 

[shaz619]

I wonder if Pakistan remember what Mo did to them in the World T20 final, that little cameo at the end literally ended their dreams, just as they were about to eat their roti, he grabbed it from all their mouths so that Team England could use it for their Butter Chicken instead.

Knowing Babar and Ris, they will probably be all bhai bhai with Moeen and smile like fools. These two have no edge to them at all, and it reflects in the team given their so called leadership roles. After what Mo did to you and Pakistan, I’d have a chip on my shoulder, but these boys are probably looking to make dinner planners with Mo, yeah well he’s gonna have ya for dinner that’s for sure!

 

[shaz619]

Moeen Ali says this about every team? He's even made comments against Ireland, Nedtherlands and various other associates?

He just repeats things on loop, this interview is nothing new.

I highly doubt England need to go to those meticulous depths to beat this Pakistani side.

Here though it’s like England Aka The Undertaker, having a warm up against Pakistan Aka Spide Dudley, come on man! they just got bent by Ireland!

 

[mominsaigol]

I highly doubt England need to go to those meticulous depths to beat this Pakistani side.

Here though it’s like England Aka The Undertaker, having a warm up against Pakistan Aka Spide Dudley, come on man! they just got bent by Ireland!

Bro what was the need to go into professional boxing and wwe territory . Zindabad buddy and great analogy magar I get what you mean.

You could have just said England are superior and are just making statements to be polite.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Moeen knows how to get the team and the so called fans knickers in a twist by saying that

 

[emranabbas]

most ridiculous question asked by a pakistani journalist to moeen was "will your parents be supporting england or pakistan today"

 

[shaz619]

Bro what was the need to go into professional boxing and wwe territory . Zindabad buddy and great analogy magar I get what you mean.

You could have just said England are superior and are just making statements to be polite.

I say and do as I please like a normal phew just deal, don’t get rumbled by the analogies or the shovel will be out just as it will be on Pakistan this evening

 

[mominsaigol]

I say and do as I please like a normal phew, don’t get rumbled by the analogies or the shovel will be out just as it will be on Pakistan this evening

F5 incoming lol

 

[emranabbas]

very dangerous we seen that today in birmingham

 

[tigerman]

PSL diamond category confirm for ali .

 

[BouncerGuy]

Moeen ali is trying to make Pakistan look like some unbeatable squad so that they get hyped and their focus is all out. Well done Moeen. Trying to divert the attention of Pakistan players especially azam khan so that he does not smash Jofra for 3-4 sixes. Nice.

Moeen Ali's plan worked.

 

[Shoaib Akhtar 100 MPH]

Moeen Ali's plan worked.

He said in World Cups.

 

[Cricket Warrior]

dont know in which sense he found this team so threatning maybe in giving heart attacks to their fans makes them so dangerous.

 

[mominsaigol]

dont know in which sense he found this team so threatning maybe in giving heart attacks to their fans makes them so dangerous.

Probs only talking about fakhar.

Let's be honest, Fakhar, imad, abrar.

Without these 3 Pakistan is finished, done and dusted with this babar regime.

 

[moghul]

" Most dangerous side " for themselves and for their team followers , not for the opposition .

 

[Master Blaster]

Pak was cruising to victory at one point during the case in 1st T20. Don't think any of the top teams could have chased that total on that ground apart for Pak and Poms themselves.

 

[FearlessRoar]

Moeen Ali expressed his readiness to open the bowling for England in the World Cup during the post-match press conference, following their 23-run victory over Pakistan in the second T20I of a four-match series in Birmingham. When asked about the possibility of taking on this role:

“To open the bowling in the World Cup is going to be an option but we also have Will Jacks who can bowl in the powerplay too so we can mix it up as much as we can. When you have three seamers then these option has to be there. We have four spinners in the team and if the wickets are spinning there then it’s an option to bowl in the power play."

“We have learnt a lot from the mistakes we made in the ODI World Cup and skipper Jos and management don’t want to do it again. You can’t just turn up in the World Cup and think you gonna win games. World Cup is different pressure but we have been there before and would like to do it again and guys are really looking forward to it."

“It’s important to start winning and as not many games left to play. There are only a couple more games and we must win. The guys are all contributing and do well and get some form. The strategy is to be calculated and be really smart. We had a plan and the bowlers were outstanding today, they all picked up wickets but it was just the manner and the plan we were bowling."

 

[Rana]

Why is it every time we play England in the last 6-7 years it feels as if we are on Australia or South Africa’s level,

But then England thrash us 90% of the time?

 

[Cricket Warrior]

Probs only talking about fakhar.

Let's be honest, Fakhar, imad, abrar.

Without these 3 Pakistan is finished, done and dusted with this babar regime.

true!

dont know why they are not trusting abrar to give him a run.. he is a perfect T20 bowler who can get u some wickets in the middle overs.

lets hope he will play in the next game.

 

[mominsaigol]

true!

dont know why they are not trusting abrar to give him a run.. he is a perfect T20 bowler who can get u some wickets in the middle overs.

lets hope he will play in the next game.

Mate our acc emerging cup squad is stronger then our current squad, and I'm not even joking.

Acc emerging cup squad

1) shabzada farhan (Aggressive opener)
2) Saim ayub
3) Omair yousaf
4) Tayyab Tahir
5) Qasim akram (Proper allrounder who's superior to chacha, Shadab and nawaz tulle baz)
6) Muhammad Haris (Wk and captain)
7) Muhashir Khan (Another proper allrounder)
8) Mehran Mumtaz (good spinner)
9) Sufiyan Mustiqeem
10) Dhani
11) Arshad Iqbal.

^^ the emerging cup squad has aggressive openers and an aggressive middle to late order? And this was an odi team?

Just replace saim ayub with fakhar, replace Omair with Usman Khan or Babar, replace Mubashir Khan with imad wasim, and replace meharan, Sufiyan, Dhani and arshad with Abrar, Shaheen, Amir and Mohammad Ali and you have a very very very strong squad.

On what basis does chacha, Shadab, Azam, make pur lower order and on what basis do 4 openers play from no 1 to no 4?

And people claim this was our best possible squad we could select? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Kinda sick of hearing every team repeat this line ad nauseum.

 

[BouncerGuy]

Pakistan could be dangerous if they select the right player for the right format. Abrar not playing more games now is beyond understanding. Shadab is still playing even though he has been pathetic with the ball and had just 1 good inning with the bat.

Azam is there, Iftikhar is there. How can this team be dangerous.

 

[Kroll]

Not now, we've been left behind and are pretty much mediocre, battling it out with the likes of SL and Ireland. You can't be a dangerous side when you only have one dangerous player.

 

[The Bald Eagle]

you mean Fakhar?

Not now, we've been left behind and are pretty much mediocre, battling it out with the likes of SL and Ireland. You can't be a dangerous side when you only have one dangerous player.

 

[TheSultan]

opposition players always say this because it is an amicable conversation and they need to say something complimentary. When there’s clearly not much you can say you just latch on to legacy phrases associated to the Pakistan team like “unpredictable” and “dangerous”, “they can’t stop producing fast bowlers”

It’s not the 90s anymore. We are not dangerous. Just a meek, timid outfit that rely on luck.

For the PCB, Babar and co, the “compliment” is good enough to cut a few cakes and celebrate

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Steve Waugh used to call them a dangerous team too. Especially before C&U finals in 99/00.

Went on to brutalise them in both finals.

Best not to read too much into these things

 

[Kroll]

you mean Fakhar?

Yeah, rest are accumulators or mediocre bats. Our whole strategy and personnel is wrong for the format.

 

[Kroll]

Steve Waugh used to call them a dangerous team too. Especially before C&U finals in 99/00.

Went on to brutalise them in both finals.

Best not to read too much into these things

TBF, back in the day they could be but not now, its an awful team these days and getting worse.

 

[cricketmania22]

Steve Waugh used to call them a dangerous team too. Especially before C&U finals in 99/00.

Went on to brutalise them in both finals.

Best not to read too much into these things

Well tbf Pakistan did win c&U 96/97 series and did challenge Australia in 99/00 series at times, but that Australian side was too strong.

 

[shaz619]

They are dangerous, one look at Rizwan and I bet they start quaking in their boots

 

[PakEngFan]

Agree with him imagine they left fixers and players who flop in sindh league at home. Imagine playing against teams like wing 404, ghani glass, momin seeds etc and flopping against those greats teams, then facing a small team like England.

 

[mominsaigol]

Steve Waugh used to call them a dangerous team too. Especially before C&U finals in 99/00.

Went on to brutalise them in both finals.

Best not to read too much into these things

But Pakistan was dangerous during this period.

In 1999 Ijaz Ahmed, Inzi, Saeed, Saleem malik amd Mohammad yousaf are freakishly good batsmen with moin Khan being a pretty good keeper for that era.

Razzaq, Afridi, Saqlain, muhataq, Waqar, Wasim

All these guys make up a freakishly strong team, classic Australia was just playing 2023 cricket in 1999 lol.

Most of the guys from 1999 of they played in this era with the current rules and the improvements in bat quality etc etc would murk every lineup that played in the 2023 wc with only India being superior, and South Africa only being superior if they bat first.

Australia in 2023 is getting cooked, people don't realise how much luck Australia had in 2023 facing India in a final where their genuine chockers, SA in a sf where their also on choke mode, maxwell getting dropped on 29 against Afghanistan and Australia having to face the strongest teams and lose at the beginning so zero RR applicable.

2023 Australia is just Travis, Warner and maxwell with Marsh occasionally showing up, rest like labu, inglis amd Smith were useless 90% of the time, the bowlers are aged and not effective mostly besides zampa, these boys switched on in the knockouts.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Pakistan bowlers can still be dangerous. But their batting doesn't stand a change if their bowling is neutralized.

 

[cricketmania22]

But Pakistan was dangerous during this period.

In 1999 Ijaz Ahmed, Inzi, Saeed, Saleem malik amd Mohammad yousaf are freakishly good batsmen with moin Khan being a pretty good keeper for that era.

Razzaq, Afridi, Saqlain, muhataq, Waqar, Wasim

All these guys make up a freakishly strong team, classic Australia was just playing 2023 cricket in 1999 lol.

Most of the guys from 1999 of they played in this era with the current rules and the improvements in bat quality etc etc would murk every lineup that played in the 2023 wc with only India being superior, and South Africa only being superior if they bat first.

Australia in 2023 is getting cooked, people don't realise how much luck Australia had in 2023 facing India in a final where their genuine chockers, SA in a sf where their also on choke mode, maxwell getting dropped on 29 against Afghanistan and Australia having to face the strongest teams and lose at the beginning so zero RR applicable.

2023 Australia is just Travis, Warner and maxwell with Marsh occasionally showing up, rest like labu, inglis amd Smith were useless 90% of the time, the bowlers are aged and not effective mostly besides zampa, these boys switched on in the knockouts.

By 1999 Salim Malik, Ijaz Ahmad and Mushtaq Ahmad were done. In bowling Waqar was a serious liability until he found his form again in 2000. Our main players in 1999 were Saeed, Inzi, Yousuf, Razzaq, Wasim (although he performed. Wry poorly in the test series against Australia), Saqlain and Shoaib. Moin Khan even though I liked him but they kept replacing him with Rashid Latif, since Moin was not as good as Rashid with the gloves.

 

[mominsaigol]

By 1999 Salim Malik, Ijaz Ahmad and Mushtaq Ahmad were done. In bowling Waqar was a serious liability until he found his form again in 2000. Our main players in 1999 were Saeed, Inzi, Yousuf, Razzaq, Wasim (although he performed. Wry poorly in the test series against Australia), Saqlain and Shoaib. Moin Khan even though I liked him but they kept replacing him with Rashid Latif, since Moin was not as good as Rashid with the gloves.

Bro that's still alot of players.

Only 2023 India and 2023 SA (If they bat first are beating this team)

2023 NZ is an injury house and 2023 Australia is basically just 3 batsmen + 2 bowlers. Everyone only clicked(excluding smith) in the final.

2023 Pakistan stand no chance in hell.

 

[cricketmania22]

Bro that's still alot of players.

Only 2023 India and 2023 SA (If they bat first are beating this team)

2023 NZ is an injury house and 2023 Australia is basically just 3 batsmen + 2 bowlers. Everyone only clicked(excluding smith) in the final.

2023 Pakistan stand no chance in hell.

Im not saying there were not a lot of players but just laying who were the players. Said that, Anwar didn’t play much after much end of 2000, Wasim played very few, if any test matches after 2000 and suddenly Pakistan wasn’t the side they were in 1999-2000.

 

[mominsaigol]

Im not saying there were not a lot of players but just laying who were the players. Said that, Anwar didn’t play much after much end of 2000, Wasim played very few, if any test matches after 2000 and suddenly Pakistan wasn’t the side they were in 1999-2000.

Pakistan from 2000-2003 were suffering the same peoblem England did in 2023 aka put of form players and multiple players who were corpses but were being persisted with due to the belief they can replicate past magic.

But the talent was a sky time high during this period no question. Talent wise their wasn't an issue. We didn't have any TALENTLESS players besides ramiz raja who's basically a shan masood.

Now the whole team is talentless. Lmao at shadab Khan playing in 1992-2003

 

[cricketmania22]

Pakistan from 2000-2003 were suffering the same peoblem England did in 2023 aka put of form players and multiple players who were corpses but were being persisted with due to the belief they can replicate past magic.

But the talent was a sky time high during this period no question. Talent wise their wasn't an issue. We didn't have any TALENTLESS players besides ramiz raja who's basically a shan masood.

Now the whole team is talentless. Lmao at shadab Khan playing in 1992-2003

In 2000-2003 our talent pool had dried up. The only batsman we produced during that period was you in khan, who didn’t come good until 2005 and that too only in test matches. The best bowler we produced in that era was Sami in ODIs, didn’t produce any spinner also. We couldn’t find Saeed Anwar’s replacement either.

 

[mominsaigol]

In 2000-2003 our talent pool had dried up. The only batsman we produced during that period was you in khan, who didn’t come good until 2005 and that too only in test matches. The best bowler we produced in that era was Sami in ODIs, didn’t produce any spinner also. We couldn’t find Saeed Anwar’s replacement either.

Your other points are fair but saeed anwar replacement was going to be difficult and downright impossible.

Saeed is in the class of Warner, Travis, Gilly, quinton, Jaysuria, Rohit, etc etc. How on earth do you find a replacement for that in a country called Pakistan?

 

[cricketmania22]

Your other points are fair but saeed anwar replacement was going to be difficult and downright impossible.

Saeed is in the class of Warner, Travis, Gilly, quinton, Jaysuria, Rohit, etc etc. How on earth do you find a replacement for that in a country called Pakistan?

True, he left a big void but we didn’t even find half a decent player.

 

[The Bald Eagle]

A special knock from a special all rounder in the vitality blast 2024 for Birmingham Bears against Leicestershire Foxes. He made 103(59)

https://twitter.com/x/status/1814377077317218322

 

[Cricket Warrior]

Former England all-rounder Moeen Ali says education is not prioritised when it comes to tackling racism in English cricket, he said:

"One thing a lot of people probably won't know about me personally is that I would call it out. Especially as I got more established. And unfortunately you kind of feel like once you're established you've got a voice."

"I don't think it's prioritised enough, not at all," he said. "It doesn't mean you have to have a PhD or anything, it's just knowing a little bit."

"My dad always told me, if you score runs and you take wickets, even if someone holds something against you, whether it's your religious background or your colour - whatever it is, they're going to have to pick you at some point. As long as you keep knocking the door down.

"So that was my thing, it was like, 'forget what people think, I'm going to do well and if they pick me, they pick me, if they don't, then they don't'.

"That's me being in the present at the same time but it's not always that easy for people and it's not always as simple and straightforward as that."

"There's also ways of calling it out. It's not arguing or fighting, it's maybe taking someone to the side or even as a joke saying, 'look, what you're saying is not right',"

"I think I had a good way of saying it or calling it out and I think that's also very important."

"The timing is very important - you don't have to say it in front of a large group of people and embarrass the person, because he hasn't meant it or it's just normalised and he just doesn't know.

"People are ignorant about things and I'm ignorant about many things as well so I understand what it's like and I think it's very important that you also know the situation that you're in."

"I think that gap has been closed - not completely, but I think it is closer together than it's ever been. Especially around the England changing room," he said. "Guys who interacted with me probably didn't have that same interaction or as close interaction with other Muslim people.

"I just hope that even one person has been like, 'you know what, Muslims are not bad people and they're just normal or good, whatever it is', because there's a lot of negativity around that sort of subject anyway.

"My role as a person, as a Muslim, is to show people - not tell people - that actually, Muslims are not bad."

"I really enjoy the team environment. I enjoy inspiring, motivating and helping, really, so I will hopefully get the rewards of people performing for England," he said. "It's about the players and trying to improve people, not just as players but as people."

"The things that really stick out are when people say, 'my kid loves cricket because of you' or 'my son's a big fan or my daughter's a massive fan'," he said.

"Even now, when I see people in public who watched me and supported me throughout my career, I can see the delight in their faces, which for me is the most important thing."

"It's very addictive. I've been playing for a year and I love it. Everywhere I go now, I try to play padel."