A major uproar occurred in the cricket world last year when star Australians Steve Smith and David Warner admitted to their involvement in a ball-tampering saga during a Test series in South Africa. The English fans have always ensured that the Australian players find it a little difficult to perform during the Ashes in England and when Smith and Warner return to Test cricket in the Ashes later this year, English all-rounder Moeen Ali hopes that the duo will be treated decently during the series.
“I really hope they don’t get too much stick. I want them to enjoy the series. If you have to, keep it funny, not personal. We all make mistakes. We are human beings and we have feelings. I know deep down they are probably really good people. I just hope they get treated decently. I just want the cricket to be spoken about,” Ali told The Guardian.
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While speaking about the Easter bombings in Sri Lanka earlier this year, Ali said ‘what has happened to us? There’s so much hate in the world’. The all-rounder added that the English team stayed at Shangri-La during their tour of Sri Lanka last year.
“The people who looked after us at the hotel (Shangri-La) were so nice. It was so shocking. I had my wife and son in that breakfast room (where one of the explosions took place). It’s all such a waste and such a blow to humanity. What has happened to us? There’s so much hate in the world. People just want to get on with their lives and be happy,” said Ali.
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May 22, 2019 20:13 IST
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