Moeen Ali : .02 cents

England must learn from India's aggressive style of play if they are to turn around their dismal

one-day form, according to all-rounder Moeen Ali.

"Watching the way the Indians bat, you can learn a lot from the way they approach it.

"They play with no fear. If there is a risk, they just take it."

                 

"Watching someone like [India batsman] Suresh Raina in the first game, they were in trouble

and he came out and played the way he played.

"He took a few risks and they came off. He backed himself. I tried to copy it a little a bit."

Moeen Ali was the only England batsman to score a half century :

at Edgbaston on Tuesday 

                           

Moeen, who responded to his recall to the side by hitting 67 off 52 balls in Birmingham,

urged more of his team-mates to follow his lead.

"Take it to them," the Worcestershire left-hander said.

There is no point in being the same and getting out the same way all the time.

"I'd rather get caught on the boundary or stumped trying to do something :

than try and knock it around all the time. 

"I have never met a more mentally strong person than Alastair," 

"To go through what he is doing and still be the same day in day out.

"I can imagine that it is very tough but I know he will come good "

Memo to Moeen : 


Alastair 's  batting average as captain of 40.29 is the best of any England one-day skipper,

while his strike rate of 81.06 is third

behind Paul Collingwood and Andrew Strauss.