Moeen Ali lit up Road with a magical all-round performance as Worcestershire stepped up their NatWest T20 Blast challenge by crushing Derbyshire by eight wickets with 43 balls to spare. The England allrounder took 3 for 28 as Dernyshire were held to 136 for 7 and then made 65 from 28 deliveries in his team's charge to a third consecutive win in the north group.
A sighting of Moeen at his brilliant best in the shortest format is probably not quite what England had in mind when he was left out of the one-day squad against New Zealand to give him time to prepare for the Ashes in the Championship. As yet, he has not done the red-ball bowling that the selectors wanted but it must still be heartening news that he is among the wickets, even in a different format, as well as scoring runs.
A sighting of Moeen at his brilliant best in the shortest format is probably not quite what England had in mind when he was left out of the one-day squad against New Zealand to give him time to prepare for the Ashes in the Championship. As yet, he has not done the red-ball bowling that the selectors wanted but it must still be heartening news that he is among the wickets, even in a different format, as well as scoring runs.