Moeen Ali: “He’s a big fan of Babar, you know”
Image taken by: Bimal Mirwani
England all-rounder Moeen Ali has revealed spinner Adil Rashid is a “big fan” of Pakistan batsman Babar Azam.
Kagiso Rabada: “Babar Azam is a rock, especially in Pakistan. It’s like, ‘man, how do you get this guy out?”
Image taken by: Bimal Mirwani
South Africa pace spearhead Kagiso Rabada regards Babar Azam as Pakistan’s rock and questioned how to get him out as he is such a technically gifted batsman.
Moeen Ali: “There’s many players that I bowled at, and great players, but one player that would make me feel pressure was Misbah-ul-Haq”
Image taken by: Bimal Mirwani
England spin-bowling all-rounder Moeen Ali has admitted that former Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq was one batsman who really made him feel pressure when bowling.
Moeen Ali: “It’s the way he played. I tried to copy him as much as I could. And when I was younger, I used to try and bat like him, so like I [used to] lean on the bat… block it for four. But his timing… he’s amazing on the eye”
Image taken by: Bimal Mirwani
England all-rounder Moeen Ali has revealed that he tried to copy Pakistan opening batsman Saeed Anwar as much as he could.
Moeen Ali: “Naseem Shah, Shaheen, and Haris Rauf are very good, don’t get me wrong. We’re not saying they’re bad, but they’re not the best either”
Image taken by: Bimal Mirwani
England all-rounder Moeen Ali doesn’t think Pakistan fast bowlers Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf are “the best”.
Moeen Ali: “Babar Azam, obviously, everybody knows that he’s an amazing player, he’s a brilliant player. As far as [his] ranking is concerned, I don’t care personally – I mean you watch a player, and you know he’s a top player”
Image taken by: Bimal Mirwani
England all-rounder Moeen Ali said he doesn’t care about Babar Azam’s ranking as he knows the Pakistan white-ball captain is “an amazing player”.
Moeen Ali: “He is a fantastic player and very hard to stop”
Image taken by: Bimal Mirwani
England all-rounder Moeen Ali said Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan is “hard to stop” once he gets going.
Moeen Ali: “I thought the 2 Pakistan openers were brilliant. I know they get a lot of stick for their strike-rates but I believe their strike-rates are very good anyway. They are brilliant players”
Image taken by: Bimal Mirwani
England all-rounder Moeen Ali believes that Pakistan captain Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan are unfairly criticised for their strike-rate in T20Is.
Yasir Hameed: “If Moeen Ali is telling England batters to learn to stay on the crease from Rizwan, then why can’t our players learn from him too”
Image taken by: Bimal Mirwani
Former Pakistan cricketer Yasir Hameed has told big-hitting duo Haider Ali and Khushdil Shah to go learn from Mohammad Rizwan.
Ashish Nehra: “Brother Moeen [Ali] is a very chilled out and relaxed person. I see shades of Saeed Anwar in his batting. He never seems under pressure”
Image courtesy of: ESPNcricinfo
Former India left-arm seamer Ashish Nehra said England big-hitting all-rounder Moeen Ali reminds him of legendary Pakistan opener Saeed Anwar.
