Moeen Ali includes in 30-man camp for Windies series
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England off-spin all-rounder Moeen Ali has been included in the 30-man training camp for the upcoming Test series against visiting West Indies on home yard.
Moeen Ali took a break from the longest format of the game after being dropped during the last Ashes Test series. Moeen’s last Test appearance for England was in the opening match of last summer’s Ashes series at Edgbaston.
The 32-year-old left-hander, Moeen, is one of eight uncapped players in a 30-strong group that will begin training in Southampton on 23 June.
They will play a three-day practice game from 1 July, after which the final squad will be chosen for the first Test against the Caribbean side.
Jonny Bairstow, who said yesterday that he wants to reclaim the keeping gloves in Test cricket, has also been included alongside the incumbent Jos Buttler and Surrey’s wicket-keeper Ben Foakes in the 30-man squad.
There is also a place for Olly Stone, who made his Test debut last summer against Ireland, following his recovery from a stress fracture of the back. Keaton Jennings and Saqib Mahmood, both of whom were part of the aborted tour to Sri Lanka, have been included as well.
England training group: Moeen Ali (Worcestershire), James Anderson (Lancashire), Jofra Archer (Sussex), Jonny Bairstow (Yorkshire), Dom Bess (Somerset), James Bracey (Gloucestershire), Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire), Rory Burns (Surrey), Jos Buttler (Lancashire), Zak Crawley (Kent), Sam Curran (Surrey), Joe Denly (Kent), Ben Foakes (Surrey), Lewis Gregory (Somerset), Keaton Jennings (Lancashire), Dan Lawrence (Essex), Jack Leach (Somerset), Saqib Mahmood (Lancashire), Craig Overton (Somerset), Jamie Overton (Somerset), Matthew Parkinson (Lancashire), Ollie Pope (Surrey), Ollie Robinson (Sussex), Joe Root (Yorkshire), Dom Sibley (Warwickshire), Ben Stokes (Durham), Olly Stone (Warwickshire), Amar Virdi (Surrey), Chris Woakes (Warwickshire), Mark Wood (Durham
