Moeen Ali has decided to not go ahead with the investigations on the alleged “Osama” taunt he has accused an Australia player of in his autobiography. Last week, Moeen opened a can of worms with his recent statements, where he accused an Australian player of calling him “Osama” during the Cardiff Test in the 2015 Ashes, which he had told the England coach Trevor Bayliss about, who then took the issue up with Australia’s then coach Darren Lehmann. However, the unnamed player involved in the incident denied these allegations, stating that he had called Moeen a “part-timer” instead.
Speaking to Australia’s Daily Telegraph, Bayliss confirmed Moeen’s reluctance in pursuing the matter any further. “He didn’t want it to go any further. He was happy for it [to be dealt with between the two teams]. He’s a very softly-spoken sort of a bloke. He doesn’t want to create too many problems for anyone,” he said.
“I’m not going to make too much of it, it was bloody three years ago, let’s move on. [Cricket Australia] can do what they like I suppose, everyone has sort of forgotten about it and moved on since then. I don’t see it as any real big deal.
