Moeen Ali

                                             

"I've not experienced racism from other players.

You experience ignorance but that's not the same and I'm always happy to discuss things.

If that helps people learn about Islam :

to learn there's nothing to fear, then great, that's all part of my role"

Worcestershire's Moeen Ali and Lancashire's Stephen Parry have been included in the England squad to tour the West Indies

and for the ICC World Twenty20 tournament in Bangladesh.

"They said it couldn't be done," Munir Ali, Moeen's father, says.

"They said that we, a poor Asian family from inner-city Birmingham, could never break through to the professional game.

They said it was all for public schoolboys and the rich.

But the boys have shown that if you have the right attitude and ability, there is a way."

http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/cont...79723.html

Like his cousin Kabir Ali - who had a cricket ball placed in his cot the day he was born -

Moeen is part of a dynasty that includes two other brothers, Kadeer Ali and Omar Ali, who played age-group cricket for England,

and a cousin, Aatif Ali, who has played for various county 2nd XIs.

[size=10pt]"I wear the beard as a label,"

"I want people to know I am a Muslim and I want people to know I am representing the Muslim faith.

I want to show that you can practise your faith and still play cricket to a high level."[/size]

[size=1em]Married at 21 and now a father at 26 - his son, Abu Bakr, born a few weeks ago :

has been named in honour of the first man to accept Islam -  [/size]

Moeen Ali received the PCA Player of the Year award, London, October 3, 2013

                                                                     

These 2 converse in English or Urdu ? 

Maybe Goog Lee can publish a pic of Ass-ad Fudadin from the Guyana squad  ::LOL::