Ali etched his title because the 16th males’s cricketer to realize the illustrious Take a look at all-rounders’ double of scoring 3,000 runs and taking 200 wickets in Take a look at cricket.
Earlier than the beginning of the Ashes Take a look at at Outdated Trafford, Moeen had 200 wickets and a couple of,977 runs to his credit score in Take a look at cricket. Through the match, he achieved the milestone of crossing 3,000 Take a look at runs by enjoying some spectacular pictures, together with back-to-back fours off the bowling of Australia captain Pat Cummins within the 14th over.
“I feel we neglect what a superb younger batter Moeen was. Anybody watching a younger Moeen rising up would say ‘this lad can bat’. ‘That’s the reason he has mentioned he desires to bat at No 3’.
“He’ll finish his profession considering he may have gotten extra Take a look at runs for the power he has acquired. He desires to go on the market and present the world once more that he’s a correct, correct batter. I feel we neglect that as a result of he can frustrate,” mentioned Nasser Hussain, former England captain, on Sky Sports activities, throughout lunch break.
Earlier than Ali, 15 males’s Take a look at cricketers, together with three from England, turned members of the unique membership of 3000 runs and 200 scalps. They’re — Shane Warne, Stuart Broad, Kapil Dev, Richard Hadlee, Shaun Pollock, Ian Botham, Imran Khan, Daniel Vettori, Chaminda Vaas, Jacques Kallis, Garry Sobers, Shakib Al Hasan, Andrew Flintoff and Chris Cairns.
Ali had retired from Take a look at cricket in 2021, scoring 2,914 runs and taking 195 wickets in 64 matches. However he got here out of his Take a look at retirement to play within the ongoing Ashes after left-arm spinner Jack Leach was dominated out of the five-match collection as a consequence of a stress fracture of the decrease again.
(With IANS Inputs)
