English international all-rounder cricketer, Moeen Ali recognized England white-ball captain Eoin Morgan for supporting him achieve a run of low scores after he turned to form during the third Twenty20 international against Pakistan at Old Trafford on Tuesday.
Moeen had made a mere 10 runs in four former international innings this season, but his dashing 61 off just 33 balls, including four fours and as many sixes, assisted the England team to recover from 69-4 as they chased a target of 191.
Pakistan, who saw experienced cricketer Mohammad Hafeez (86 not out) and teenage debutant Haider Ali (54) share a partnership of precisely 100, won a last-ball thriller by five runs to square a three-match series at 1-1, with one no result, in the final fixture of their tour of England.
One consolation for Moin is that Tuesday’s innings represents his highest score in any form of international cricket since September when he scored a century against the West Indies in a 50-over match against the West Indies in Bristol, south-west England.
Moeen told to the reporters after Tuesday’s close he felt he “let the team down” during his run drought and thanked Morgan, England’s World Cup-winning skipper, for his support.
“A lot of credit should go to Eoin Morgan,” Moeen stated. “He’s given me the responsibility in terms of being the vice-captain and doing team talks here and there. To get that backing from the captain… it’s one of the reasons he’s the best captain I’ve had.”
