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Dec, 2014
England’s Moeen Ali impresses with bat and ball in his first Ashes Test
The expectation is often that the spinners will prevail in Cardiff. Certainly that is frequently the view of weary pacemen, who watch their fastest balls decelerate upon landing before, more often than not, flopping into the wicketkeeper’s gloves. On Thursday Moeen Ali struck by dismissing the world’s No1 batsman, Steve Smith, and Michael Clarke, the twinkle-toed destroyer of pedestrian finger-spinners. This makes Moeen England’s most successful spin bowler in Ashes history – in Cardiff. Six years ago – when England had a spin attack to make you salivate – Graeme […]
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