moeen ali wiki : Moeen Munir Ali (born 18 June 1987) is an English international cricketer. A batting all-rounder, he is a left-handed batsman and right-arm off-spinner, who played county cricket for Warwickshire before moving to Worcestershire after the 2006 season. As of 2017, Ali represents England in all formats of the game. He won Warwickshire's NBC Denis Compton Award in both 2004 and 2005 and Worcestershire's NBC Denis Compton Award in 2009. His off-spin is marked by a strongly spun off-break and a well-concealed arm ball. He was named one of the Cricketers of the Year in the 2015 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.
Ali is a Muslim, of Pakistani descent, and was born in Birmingham.He belongs to the Mirpuri community; his grandfather migrated to England from Mirpur, Azad Kashmir. Ali's grandmother was Betty Cox, who was White British making him mixed-race. He can understand Urdu and Punjabi.He became known fondly as "the beard that's feared" at New Road. Ali's father worked as a taxi driver,and as a psychiatric nurse. He grew up on the same street as fellow cricketers Kabir Ali (his first cousin), Naqaash Tahir, and Rawait Khan.His brothers Kadeer and Omar are also cricketers.
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