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53 minutes ago, wanted_desi said:

Average of 26 with bat and 98 with ball. It is going to be a long tour for him. 

He's a spin bowling version of Hardik Pandya - a valuable piece that lends good balance to the England side.  But England attempting to use him as a primary spinner is failing, just as India would fail if they used Pandya as a front-line seamer in test cricket.  

 

Ali is a very good parasitic 5th bowler, he will take wickets if the rest of the attack is doing well, but can be the weak link if they aren't.  

 

At the end of the day, he's not the problem for England at the moment, its their poor batting.  Carrying an aging Cook and Anderson, young and inconsistent batsmen in Stoneman, Vince and Malan - while misusing Bairstow all the way down the order at #7/8 is sheer self-inflicted stupidity.  

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also remember, apart from Australian spinners, spinners and especially finger spinners tend to struggle in Australia. harbhajan, murali, swann all struggled there. I'm not sure why, but as a spinner you need to bowl differently between Australian, Indian and English conditions. Moeen Ali seems to be very good in England but horrible anywhere else. 

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