- England all-rounder makes accusation in autobiography
- Unnamed player claimed at time he said ‘part-timer’
Cricket Australia are to seek clarification from their English counterparts about an incident in which England all-rounder Moeen Ali says he was called “Osama” by an unnamed Australian player during an Ashes test in 2015.
Moeen, who is a Muslim, made the allegation in his autobiography, which is being serialised in The Times newspaper, saying the apparent reference to Islamist militant Osama bin Laden came during his Ashes debut in Cardiff.
“It was a great first Ashes Test in terms of my personal performance,” said Moeen, who scored 77 and took five wickets in what was his first Ashes match. “However there was one incident which had distracted me. An Australian player had turned to me on the field and said, ‘Take that, Osama’.
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