Moeen Ali

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241 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Feb 2026 last heard 21 Feb

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My first ODI, yeah, my first, I only had three, but it was my first ODI 100.

It was the first time I opened a batting actually for England.

Me and Sir Alistair Cook opened a batting and that was in Colombo.

Candy, we won a test match here when I think Jack Leach got five, I got four and

So yeah, Sri Lanka was always a great place to come up, especially as a spinner, batter.

But there was a series where they had this idea of me batting the top three or opening the batting.

I'd bowl 40, 50 overs and then had to go back up the top and I couldn't do it.

No, it wasn't my cup of tea.

We dragged them in.

I actually played first-class cricket in Sri Lanka.

Did you?

Before I played for England, England sent me to play first-class cricket, domestic cricket.

Which club?

Sorry?

Standard.

Yeah, at the time, it was amazing.

I played for Moors Cricket Club, Samarira, all of them played at the time.

And I remember... Just one winter?

I did three months.

So it was like a four-day cricket.

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