Moeen Ali, England’s finest legspinner, has been included in the 30-men-squad for England for the Test matches against West Indies.
The veteran was away from international cricket for almost a year as he has not donned England’s jersey since 2019. He was dropped out of the central contracts list back in 2019 as he announced an indefinite break.
England and West Indies will be featured in their first test on 8th July for which they will begin their net practice on 23 July.
Moeen Ali marks a comeback as England announces 30-men-squad for West Indies test
Several new faces have been included in the squad such as Jamey Overton, James Bracey, Amar Virdi, Dan Lawrence, and Ollie Robinsons. Saqib Mahmood, Matt Parkinson, Lewis Gregory have been featured in the tests but have not earned their debut caps yet.
The national selector of England revealed that everyone is delighted on the comeback of cricket that will be resuming by 8th June on an international and vast level.
“Everyone involved with England is delighted that cricket is returning soon and that the players are reporting for group training in preparation for the Test series against the West Indies,” said England’s national selector Ed Smith.z said England’s national selector Ed Smith.
England’s 30-man squad against West Indies: Moeen Ali, James Anderson, Jofra Archer, Jonathan Bairstow, Dominic Bess, James Bracey, Stuart Broad, Rory Burns, Jos Buttler, Zak Crawley, Sam Curran, Joe Denly, Ben Foakes, Lewis Gregory, Keaton Jennings, Dan Lawrence, Jack Leach, Saqib Mahmood, Craig Overton, Jamie Overton, Matthew Parkinson, Ollie Pope, Ollie Robinson, Joe Root, Dom Sibley, Ben Stokes, Olly Stone, Amar Virdi, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood.