That was Moeen’s third game as England captain, his first win, his first fifty and his first wickets. The performance with everything.
And that’s it from me. Thanks for your company and your correspondence, and do come back tomorrow evening (from 7pm) when Tanya Aldred will be here to talk us through the denouement of a very satisfying series.
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Heeeere’s Moeen. Sure enough, he’s the player of the match. “I thought we were outstanding today,” he says. “Batted well at the top and the last four overs. Bowled brilliantly throughout – Rash, Toppers with the new ball...” Asked about his own knock, he says he didn’t feel he started well. “I went from not being able to hit the ball, and then, couple of shots, you get a bit of momentum and you keep going with that.” A caption shows that he faced just 28 balls – seven of them dots, seven sixes. Symmetry in motion.
