Moeen led Worcestershire to T20 success in 2018All-rounder wants to promote cricket as a unifying gameMoeen Ali has been named captain of the Birmingham Phoenix men’s team for the inaugural season of The Hundred. The
England all-rounder grew up less than two miles from Edgbaston and, though he left Warwickshire in 2006 to further his career, he remains one of the second city’s most recognisable sporting residents and a role model for its
British Asian community.
Moeen, who captained Worcestershire to the T20 Blast title in 2018 and last year’s runners-up position, said: “Every time that I come to Edgbaston it takes me back to some great first memories of coming here at a very young age.