captainjoe root made 64 and a superb 109 in the drawn opening match, but no other england player managed more than 32. that s something that joe and i are going to chat about obviously, when we get to lord s and sit down and have a coffee and go through the potential 11 for lord s, really, the squad for lord s. i mean, we know he s a fine cricketer, he s showing fine form, obviously in the hundred at the moment. appreciate it s a different format, but he s showing us what he can do there so i think it s something that has to be in our mind. well, last night moeen showed exactly why he is back in the england coach s thoughts. he scored a half century as birmingham phoenix smashed their way to 184 5 in the hundred the highest score in the tournament so far. and welsh fire were bowled out for 91, imran tahirfinishing them off with a hat trick. phoenix won by 93 runs, to go to the top of the table. andy murray has been added
and england head coach chris silverwood says moeen ali could be drafted back into the squad and may even feature in the second test against india at lord s this week. captainjoe root made 64 and a superb 109 in the drawn opening match, while no other england player managed more than 32. he is certainly a consideration. he is always a consideration. so that is always a consideration. so that is something thatjoe and i are going to chat about obviously when we get to lords and sit there and have a copy and go through potentially for lords, the squad for it lords. we know he is a fine cricketer, he is showing five form and i was late the moment appreciates that an action is what he can do there. that is and it has to be in our mind. and that second test gets underway on thursday,