Moeen Ali admitted he thought Ben Stokes was taking the mickey when he first messaged him about coming out of retirement for the Ashes.
The England all rounder had spent two months with the Test captain in India at the IPL and the pair had joked about the Ashes in conversation, so when Stokes sent the message: “Ashes?” The reply was simply ‘LOL.’
But just three days out from the first Test at Edgbaston, the Birmingham born and bred off spinner is back in his England Test training gear and getting ready for one last tilt at Ashes glory with rejuvenated enthusiasm.
