This time there’s no turning again. Moeen Ali has performed his final match for England.
Already twice retired from Check cricket earlier than being lured again on each events, the 37-year-old has introduced his worldwide profession to an in depth as soon as and for all.
The announcement got here as little shock. Final summer season’s Ashes, when Moeen answered the SOS from Ben Stokes to depart his determinedly trendy mark on the spectacle – 10 wickets, helpful runs, and an excellent hand within the Oval win that halved the collection – was at all times meant to be his final dance in Check cricket, and so it proved.
In white-ball cricket, howe…
