Moeen Ali retires from international cricket after Australia series snub; but interested in coaching | Cricket News
English all-rounder Moeen Ali has called it a day in white-ball cricket after being left out of the side’s upcoming bilateral series against Australia later this month. Ali would also reveal that he wants to get into coaching and wants to be one of the best.
“I’m 37 years old and didn’t get picked for this month’s Australia series,” Moeen told Daily Mail in an interview. “I’ve played a lot of cricket for England. It’s time for the next generation, which was also explained to me. It felt like the time was right. I’ve done my part.”
“Coaching is something I want to do — I want to be one of the best. I can learn a lot from Baz (Brendon McCullum),” he said.
Ali has played 298 (68 Tests, 138 ODI’s and 92 T20Is) internationals for England. “I’m very proud. When you first play for England, you don’t know how many games you will play. So to play nearly 300… My first few years were all about Test cricket. Once Morgs [Eoin Morgan] took over the one-day stuff, that was more fun. But Test cricket was proper cricket.
“Even retiring, I don’t feel it’s because I’m not good enough — I still feel I can play. But I get how things are, and the team needs to evolve into another cycle. It’s about being real to myself,” Ali said.
However, the 37-year-old has had diminishing returns in the recently concluded T20 World Cup 2024 co-hosted West Indies and the United States, and the ODI World Cup in India in 2023.
“People forget the impact you make in games. It might only have been 20 or 30, but it was a crucial 20 or 30. For me, it was about making an impact. I know what I brought to the side, on and off the field. As long as I felt people enjoyed watching me play, whether or not I did well, I was happy with that.”
