England all-rounder Moeen Ali wants the country’s cricket board to focus more on red-ball cricket after the Ashes series defeat, and cited the limited-overs revolution that led to the team winning the 2019 World Cup.
On Tuesday, England also lost the third Ashes Test and the series after Australia destroyed their innings and 14 runs at the MCG. England are now down 0-3 in the five-Test series.
Moeen, who retired from Test cricket three months ago to prolong his white-ball career, said just as the 2015 Cricket World Cup defeats in Australia and New Zealand had propelled England into limited overs cricket, A blueprint can be drawn up. For red ball cricket after the Ashes.
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England had failed to make the quarter-finals of the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup, but four years later they made a stellar performance to lift the cup in 2019, after failing to produce the Super Over by the boundary count-back rule at Lord’s. But defeated New Zealand. a result. The match ended in draw with both the teams scoring 241 runs.
“It obviously works because we have won the (50-over) World Cup (in 2019) and we have played white-ball cricket,” Moeen told BT Sports after England’s submission for 68 in the second innings on Tuesday. I did really well.” ,
“It’s worked. I think now white-ball cricket is so strong and strong – there are foundations, there are players, we know what we’re doing, Eoin Morgan led surprisingly well – me Looks like we need it in red ball cricket even now,” Moeen said.
Moeen, who played a key role in Chennai Super Kings winning the IPL 2021 title, demanded a change in the country’s first-class match to achieve the result. The 34-year-old also said that he has seen the Ashes defeat coming.
“I don’t think we’ve been good enough. I think it’s coming, really. I’ve been a part of this team. It wasn’t that long ago that I was on that side. You just felt that ever -Sometimes we were paying attention to the cracks in the house, where it takes a little work and we are used to those conditions. ”
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