Having missed the match against Bangladesh for tactical reasons and the rain-disrupted practice on Wednesday, England spinner Moeen Ali will join the team on Thursday, and push for selection against West Indies on Friday at Southampton in the 2019 ICC World Cup, according to a report in The Guardian.
Ali missed Wednesday’s rain-affected practice as his wife, Firuza, gave birth to a girl, Haadiya, their second child.
England coach Trevor Bayliss spoke about taking West Indies on with the pace of Jofra Archer and Mark Wood, and with Eoin Morgan preferring to play two spinners, the final spot is likely to be a tossup between Liam Plunkett and Chris Woakes.
“They’re obviously very close. Mo’s very good for Rash and the other way round. As the two spinners they talk like Stuart Broad and Jimmy Anderson do in a Test throughout a one-day game – nonstop chatter. It’s obviously not impossible to play just one of them but they are good for one another,” Bayliss said.
