Player Data

Moeen Munir Ali
Left Handed All Rounder, England
ICC Ranking
Batting
Bowling
ODI
95th
67th
TEST
-
-
T20I
51st
-
  • Born June 18, 1987
  • Place of Birth Birmingham, Warwickshire
  • Batting Style Left Handed
  • Bowling Style Off break
  • Nationality England
  • Teams Played for England, England XI, Matabeleland Tuskers, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Chennai Super Kings, England Under-19, Duronto Rajshahi, England Lions, Comilla Victorians, Islamabad United, Multan Sultans, Cape Town Blitz, Northern Warriors, Team Abu Dhabi, Birmingham Phoenix, Team Morgan, Morrisville Samp Army, Sharjah Warriors

Bio

Born in 1987 in the city of Birmingham, Moeen Ali is fondly known as 'the beard that's feared' in his hometown. He was a teenage prodigy and destined for success due to his extraordinary skill set. Moeen was signed by Warwickshire as a 15-year-old and he didn't waste time in impressing one and all.


Ali also captained England in the 2006 Under-19 World Cup and took his team to the semi-final. Due to limited opportunities at Warwickshire, Moeen switched to the rival county team, Worcestershire. He played a vital role in his side winning the Pro-40 title in 2007 and one of his knocks, a blazing 46-ball century, was much talked about. After working hard in the domestic circuit and showing his all-around abilities, the national selectors finally picked him for the ODI series against West Indies and the World T20 that followed.


It didn't take long for Moeen to break into the English Test team and that was also helped by the untimely retirement of Graeme Swann. His elegance with the bat and ability to bowl useful off-breaks played a big role in his selection. Ali made his Test debut against Sri Lanka at Lord's and in his very second Test, he almost saved the match for his team with a valiant century.


Considered a part-time spinner, Moeen's career graph in Tests jumped to another level when he picked 19 wickets against the touring Indian team and surprised many. Always open to learning, it was later known that Ali benefited from the technical advice of Kumar Dharmasena, who was an umpire in the series. Post that, his Test career went from strength to strength and he established himself as a key member of the England unit. His career in limited-overs cricket also went well side by side where he usually batted in the top order. However, things changed after the 2015 World Cup debacle and the selectors left him out of the ODI team so he could work on his red-ball bowling.


The emergence of Alex Hales and Jason Roy at the top of the order increasingly made it tough for Moeen to get his place back but he never lost hope. Soon, he was picked by the selectors with a new role to bat in the lower order, and his useful bowling worked as a plus point. In the year 2017, against the visiting South African team, Moeen Ali created a record by becoming the first player in Test history to take 25 wickets and score 250-plus runs in a 4-match Test series. Ali was named in the England squad for the 2019 World Cup, and they went on to lift the trophy. In 2020, he captained England for the first time in a T20I against Australia. He became an integral part of England in all three formats. He was part of the England squad for the 2021 World T20, and the following year, England lifted the 2022 World T20 trophy.


Coming to his domestic exploits, particularly in the Indian T20 League, he was picked up by Bangalore for the 2018 season but was not given a chance straightaway as Bangalore had some good all-rounders in their ranks but he was given a chance in the 4th game of the season, and he accepted this chance gleefully as he went onto score a match-winning knock of 64. His consistent show, whenever given a chance, prompted Bangalore to retain him for the 2019 season, where he was once again good and struck 2 fifties for his side. He was not used much in the 2020 season and Bangalore let go of him for the 2021 auction, where Chennai picked him up for a whopping INR 7 crore. Other than this, he was picked up by Multan for the 2020 Pakistan T20 League. Birmingham Phoenix signed him for the Men's Hundred and made him captain. He was then retained by Chennai for the 2022 and 2023 editions of the Indian T20 League as well.

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Test
ODI
WORLD CUP
T20I
IPL
M
INN
Runs
NO
Avg
SR
100s
50s
HS
64
111
2914
8
28.29
51.14
5
14
155*
129
103
2212
15
25.13
99.46
3
6
128
10
10
267
1
29.66
107.22
1
0
128
74
64
1076
16
22.41
143.46
0
7
72*
59
52
1034
6
22.47
143.01
0
5
93
Test
ODI
WORLD CUP
T20I
IPL
INN
OVR
M
Runs
W
Best
Avg
3w
5w
S/R
E/R
112
1975.4
278
7149
195
6/53
36.66
26
5
60.78
3.61
119
934.2
13
4940
99
4/46
49.89
10
0
56.62
5.28
9
81
0
431
9
3/50
47.88
1
0
54.00
5.32
58
138.1
1
1145
42
3/24
27.26
1
0
19.73
8.28
48
118.2
0
822
33
4/26
24.90
3
0
21.51
6.94
Test
ODI
WORLD CUP
T20I
IPL
Catches
Stumpings
40
0
42
0
3
0
16
0
20
0
Test
ODI
WORLD CUP
T20I
IPL
M
Won
Lost
Tie
NR
Win %
1
0
1
0
0
0
11
5
6
0
0
45.45

Best Performances

Best Batting

Test
155* Runs
vs Sri Lanka
ODI
128 Runs
vs Scotland
T20I
72* Runs
vs Australia

Best Bowling

Test
6/53
vs South Africa
ODI
4/46
vs Australia
T20I
3/24
vs West Indies