Moeen Ali stunned everyone including Harbhajan Singh with a magical delivery on Day 2 of the ongoing first Ashes Test between England and Australia in Edgbaston on Saturday (June 17). With the magical delivery Moeen got the prized wicket of Cameron Green. The ball pitched outside the off-stump and turned inside sharply and went through Green's defense and ended up crashing into the stumps. Gobsmacked by the turn Green couldn't do anything about that unplayable delivery and returned to the hut with heavy steps. Meanwhile, India's spin legend Harbhajan too blown away by Moeen's spin wizardry as he took to Twitter to lavish immense praise on the ace English spinner.
“What a beauty Moeen,” wrote Harbhajan on his Twitter handle.
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Australia were reeling at 67/3 after Stuart Broad dismissed David Warner and Marnus Labuschagne in back to back deliveries. Ben Stokes then piled misery on Australia after getting rid of Steve Smith. Moeen Ali then did the rest by grabbing the wickets of Green and Travis Head to leave Australia teetering at 220/5. However, Usman Khawaja and Alex Carey held the fort and steered Australia to a commanding 311/5. The duo stitched together an impressive 91-run partnership for the sixth wicket by the end of Day 2's play. Khawaja was intact on the crease with an unbeaten 126 with Carey by his side on 52 not out.
Ben Stokes-led England dominated the opening session with three early wickets but couldn't really capitalise on the kind of start they got. Moeen, Broad did manage to take two wickets apiece but rest of the bowlers looked clueless throughout the day. Ollie Robinson and veteran James Anderson remained wicketless on Day 2. Earlier on Day 1, England had declared their innings after scoring 393/8, with Joe Root slamming a hundred. Zak Crawley and Jonny Bairstow amassed fifties for the hosts.
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