Sport Moeen has played 64 Tests for England, scoring over 2,900 runs and taking 195 wickets

[Lupin]

England could have gone with the spinners that played most recently in Pakistan in Ahmed and Jacks. They could have gone with the dependable left-armer Liam Dawson, the most like-for-like replacement for Leach and someone who claimed a six-wicket haul in his previous first-class game, for Hampshire in May.

But instead they have gone for a mix of experience and excitement in Moeen, giving them a player who could change the game with bat and ball and giving that player, who turns 36 during the first Test at Edgbaston, a final ride in Ashes cricket.

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