Moeen Ali expresses his desire to be a part tour to Pakistan

• Moeen wishes to be a part of the England squad for the Pakistan tour.
• He will be a great asset for England in the spin category.
• Moeen’s family is from Pakistan.

England all-rounder Moeen Ali has expressed his desire to participate in the tour to Pakistan in September and December 2022.

England will visit Pakistan this winter for the first time in seventeen years.

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They will play seven T20Is in September and October before returning for three Tests in December.

In a Test series where spin is expected to play a significant role, Moeen Ali, whose family is from Pakistan, would be a good asset for England.

“We’ve not been there [Pakistan] for many, many years. It would be a great tour to be part of, for sure,” Moeen said.

The 34-year-old, who retired from Test cricket in 2021, expressed his desire to play for the new England Test coach Brendon McCullum and captain Ben Stokes.

“Brendon got the job, and he messaged me the day after, during the IPL, and said ‘are you in?’

“He said he would call me at the weekend. So we spoke, and he said ‘in the future if we need you, if there are injuries or a tour in the subcontinent etc, are you keen to play?’

“To be honest, I’d love to play under him and Stokesy. Both of them have that character about them. They’re very aggressive. I think I would suit their cricket a bit more, and I think they feel I would suit them as well,” Moeen said.

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Moeen, who still plays white-ball cricket for England, was on the same Royal Challengers Bangalore squad as McCullum in the 2018 Indian Premier League season.

“I said to Brendon the door is never always closed if your country needs you, or guys are injured or your team needs you for balance,” added Moeen.

“So, yeah, I’m keen,” he added.

In his seven-year Test career, which began in 2014, the left-handed batter scored five centuries in 64 games.