Moeen Munir Ali OBE (born June 18, 1987, nicknamed “The beard that’s feared”) is an English cricketer who serves as vice-captain for England in limited-overs cricket and plays all formats of the game. In domestic cricket, he plays for Warwickshire, but he used to play for Worcestershire. He has also played in multiple Twenty20 leagues, including for Royal Challengers Bangalore and Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League.
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Ali played his first game in all three forms in 2014. He was on the England teams that won the 2019 Cricket World Cup and the 2022 T20 World Cup. Ali revealed on June 7, 2023, that he was coming out of retirement to play for the England Test team. This was because the first-choice spinner, Jack Leach, had been hurt just before the 2023 Ashes Series. Ali is an “all-rounder” who bats left-handed and throws off-spin balls.
Biography of Moeen Ali:
Early life of Moeen Ali
Ali’s birthplace was Birmingham. His grandfather moved to England from Mirpur, Azad Jammu, and Kashmir, and his grandma, Betty Cox, was a white Briton. This means that he has both Pakistani and English roots. He knows how to speak both Urdu and Punjabi. When he played for Worcestershire, he got the nickname “the beard that’s feared.” Ali’s father drove a cab and worked as a nurse in a mental hospital. He grew up on the same street as cricket players Kabir Ali, Naqash Tahir, and Rawait Khan, who is his first cousin. Kadeer and Omar, his brothers, are also cricket players. Ali loves football and has always cheered for Liverpool F.C.
Domestic career of Moeen Ali:
Ali joined Warwickshire when he was just 15 years old. A few days before he turned 16, he hit a fifty for the county’s Second XI. In 2004, he played more games at this level and made his debut for England’s Under-19 team against Bangladesh. The next winter, he went to India with the Under-19 team to play on their tour. On April 25, 2007, he played his first game for Worcestershire. They beat Loughborough UCCE by ten wickets. Ali’s best first-class score was 250, which he got against Glamorgan at New Road. He and Matt Pardoe put on 219 runs together.
During the 2011 season, Moeen was Worcestershire’s acting captain for three weeks because Daryl Mitchell, the regular captain, was hurt. He had led England’s Under-19 team before, but this was the first time he led his own county. Moeen went to more experienced players Vikram Solanki and Ben Scott for help because he was new to the game. In February 2012, before the English cricket season began, Steve Rhodes, the head of cricket for Worcestershire, said that Ali’s doosra was “not too hard to pick right now, but he’s learning a few tricks and he’s got other things up his sleeve.” It’s still being worked on.”
In 2018, Moeen led the Rapids to victory in the Vitality Blast, which they won for the first time on September 15. The Rapids beat the Lancashire Lightning in the semi-final and then played the Sussex Sharks in the final. The Worcestershire boys won by 5 wickets to win their first T20 Blast Trophy. The Outlaws need 11 runs in 12 balls, but the Trent Bridge team didn’t get off to a good start as 3 wickets went in the previous over.
International career of Moeen Ali:
Ali represented England at the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 in Bangladesh. On 28 February 2014, Ali made his ODI debut against the West Indies before the tournament. England’s 2014 World T20 squad included Ali. 49 runs in 4 matches, wicketless. Ali scored 10 and didn’t take a wicket in England’s 2015 World Cup opener against Australia. He made 128 off 107 balls to help England reach 303 against Scotland in the next match. The man of the match took two wickets in Scotland’s innings. Ali missed England’s win over Afghanistan due to injury.
Ali returned to the bottom middle order in the South Africa Test series. England won the first Test by 241 runs with him as a man of the match. He helped England win with 4–69 and 3–47 despite his dismal batting. Ali struggled in the second bout, scoring 0–155. Moeen bowled Dean Elgar and finished with 1–50 as England won the third Test by 7 wickets.
Ali scored an unbeaten 31 in the first ODI against the West Indies as England triumphed by 45 runs. He took 1–44 in the second game as West Indies were limited to 225 and England won by four wickets. Ali recovered from COVID-19 on 4 January 2021, before England’s tour of Sri Lanka. He was named “man of the match” in the second T20I against Pakistan for his all-round effort. After Jack Leach was injured, Ali returned to Test cricket on 7 June 2023 to play in the 2023 Ashes.
Charity work by Moeen Ali:
Ali is an Ambassador for StreetChance, a project run by the Cricket Foundation and Barclays Spaces for Sports that gives free weekly cricket lessons to kids in poor areas of the UK. In January 2015, he became a Global Brand Ambassador for Orphans in Need, an international NGO. He wore the logo of the cause on his bat. Moeen Ali said after his turn at the wicket, “I like coming back to the town where I grew up to play tape ball cricket.
Batting and Bowling Stats:
Batting Career Summary
| M | Inn | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | BF | SR | 100 | 200 | 50 | 4s | 6s | |
| Test | 65 | 113 | 8 | 2951 | 155 | 28.1 | 5745 | 51.37 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 359 | 32 |
| ODI | 129 | 103 | 15 | 2212 | 128 | 25.14 | 2223 | 99.51 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 190 | 76 |
| T20I | 74 | 64 | 16 | 1076 | 72 | 22.42 | 750 | 143.47 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 83 | 57 |
| IPL | 59 | 52 | 6 | 1034 | 93 | 22.48 | 723 | 143.02 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 88 | 59 |
Bowling Career Summary
| M | Inn | B | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Econ | Avg | SR | 5W | 10W | |
| Test | 65 | 114 | 12136 | 7353 | 198 | 6/53 | 10/112 | 3.64 | 37.14 | 61.29 | 5 | 1 |
| ODI | 129 | 119 | 5606 | 4940 | 99 | 4/46 | 4/46 | 5.29 | 49.9 | 56.63 | 0 | 0 |
| T20I | 74 | 58 | 829 | 1145 | 42 | 3/24 | 3/24 | 8.29 | 27.26 | 19.74 | 0 | 0 |
| IPL | 59 | 48 | 710 | 822 | 33 | 4/26 | 4/26 | 6.95 | 24.91 | 21.52 | 0 | 0 |
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