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The all rounder of the England Cricket Team, Moeen Ali, has said that he was hurt when some of the Indian fans had booed him in Edgbaston.

Moeen’s origins are from Pakistan and the relationship between India and Pakistan is not particularly good.

It was the reason perhaps that the people supporting India during that game had a verbal go at Moeen when he was fielding at the boundary line.

According to Moeen, he did not understand the reason why those people targeted him. His ancestors might be from Pakistan, but, he is born and brought up in England.

Moeen was quoted speaking in an interview, “It was quite strange. I don’t live too far away from that place. So, I was a bit of a local there. Still, I got treated that way. It’s a shame.”

“I can understand that in the Asian continent, your origin is of great importance and there is nothing wrong in that. Origin does matter for an individual, but, the place and the culture where you have grown up, that also matters.”

Moving the chat to cricket later on, Moeen said that he has decided not to bowl his away going delivery now, having seen so many off spinners being reported by the ICC umpires.

Moeen had been taught the art of bowling the away going ball by the Pakistan international Saeed Ajmal who himself is banned right now.

Moeen understands that his fate might be the same as Ajmal if he continues bowling that ball.

The Worcestershire player said, “I am obviously not going to risk my career trying to do it and I am not an expert at it anyway. So, I would not bring it out of my repertoire.”

Moeen has had a great start to his career with the ball. He is now being considered as a full time bowler by many people.

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The limited-over specialist England player, Eoin Morgan, has penned a deal with the Australian Club Sydney Thunder. He will be playing for them in the next Big Bash League season.

Morgan is the second big overseas name signed by Sydney Thunder. The club has already had the retired South African cricketer Jacques Kallis in its ranks.

Playing with Kallis is not going to be a new experience for Morgan by any means. He has rubbed shoulders with the legendary cricketer before in the Indian Premier League.

However, he seemed excited at the prospect of playing alongside the 39-year old again.

Speaking to the reporters after being unveiled as the latest Thunder signing yesterday, Morgan said, “When you think about genuine all-rounders, nobody comes to your mind that, you can say, is better than Jack. He is pure gold not only because of what he can do on the field himself, but, also because of what he passes on to the young players in the team.”

When Morgan was asked if he is aware of all the drama that is happening in English Cricket right now due to the autobiography of the former player Kevin Pietersen, the Middlesex man said, “Well, the only thing I can say about Kevin is that his contribution to the England team is as big as anybody else over the years. I will always remember him as one of England’s best and I think the others should also remember him the same way.”

However, Morgan did not support Pietersen’s claims of poor England dressing room environment.

The left hander said, “As long as I was in the test squad, I did not feel any such thing. We were winning most of the times and everything was fine.”

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