Moeen Ali‘s three-wicket spell played a key role in England‘s win at The Oval on Monday to draw the five-match Ashes Test series against Australia 2-0, but the all-rounder is firm to not come out of retirement again.
A text from skipper Ben Stokes after Jack Leach’s injury led to 36-year-old Moeen’s comeback in June this year, having quit Test cricket two years ago.
The spin-bowling allrounder ended up playing four of the five Ashes Tests and even batted at number three after Ollie Pope got injured.
Moeen and fast-bowling great Stuart Broad ended their Test careers together after bowling their team to a 49-run victory in London on Monday.
“That’s me done,” Moeen told Sky Sports, and then jokingly added: “If Ben Stokes texts me, I’ll delete it.”
Moeen ended his career with 68 Test appearances, which saw him scoring 3094 runs, including five hundreds, and taking 204 wickets with his…