Moeen Ali praised England’s stand-in skipper Jos Buttler after he trusted his slow bowlers to spin it and win it in the second Twenty20 against Pakistan. No England captain has ever used as much spin in T20 cricket as the 11 overs sent down by Adil Rashid, Matt Parkinson and Moeen. “I don’t think it was a game plan, it was just Jos playing the conditions,” said Moeen, who dismissed Mohammad Hafeez and Fakhar Zaman in his second over. Having batted on it for a while himself he felt like facing spin was quite tough and it did spin. “I played with him in (South Africa’s) Mzansi Super League and he hit one out of Johannesburg!

Source: Express July 18, 2021 18:22 UTC