• Moeen should open in UAE and drop down for South Africa,says Kiwi captain
• ‘I’ve enjoyed England’s new carve-and-thrust approach’Brendon McCullum, the New Zealand captain credited in some quarters with providing the spark from which England’s Ashes-winning summer ignited, or has thrown his support behind Moeen Ali opening alongside Alastair Cook for their upcoming Test series against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates.
While Cook’s side await further news on the fitness of the uncapped spinner Zafar Ansari – there was no update on the Surrey left-armer’s dislocated thumb on Wednesday although he was named in the England performance programme that follows the tour – the earn-up of the XI for the first Test in Abu Dhabi beginning on 13 October will continue to be debated.
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Source: theguardian.com