English all-rounder Moeen Ali on Saturday revealed that he ready to open making a return to Test cricket under new head coach Brendon McCullum and captain Ben Stokes.
Ali had retired from Test cricket in September last year, having scored 2,914 runs, including five centuries and taken 195 wickets, including five five-fors, in 64 appearances in the longest format of the game.
“There’s a possibility (of returning to Test cricket). I’m a big one for never say never. We’ll see what happens. 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?’,” said Moeen on BBC Test Match Special.
Ali feels that with Stokes-McCullum pair at the helm in England’s Test team, his style of cricket will work under the new captain-coach combination. “He’s (McCullum) a very difficult person to say no to and I found that very, very hard. He’s very convincing. 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.”
He made his debut in 2014, made 64 Test appearances for England, scoring 2,914 runs and taking 195 wickets, before retiring in October 2021.
“Brendon got the job and he messaged me the day after, during the IPL, and said ‘are you in?'” Moeen said.
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