Moeen Ali begins lobbying to snatch Brendon McCullum’s England head coach job

Moeen Ali has been one of the finest cricketers for England across formats. The former English cricketer, who retired from international cricket in 2024, has been playing franchise cricket all over the world. He is set to join Ben Stokes for a coaching stint with the England Lions during their white-ball camp in Abu Dhabi ahead of the T20 World Cup.

Moeen is motivated to improve his coaching skills and is working to get the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) Level Three certificate. His father, Munir, was his first coach and now runs the Moeen Ali Cricket Academy, while his brother Kadeer and cousin Kabir are Worcestershire's assistant coach and Warwickshire's bowling coach.

Moeen Ali has the dream to coach England

While speaking with ESPNcricinfo, Moeen Ali said, “That is the dream. One hundred per cent, that would be the dream (to be an England coach)... I think one day, I would want to be a top international coach. Definitely. It is a great opportunity. I am looking forward to that, big time.”

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“I used to coach for my dad’s academy, before I played for England. I used to coach heavily. My brothers all coach and coaching is part of our genetics in some ways. It is a journey that I have always been on.”

Moeen Ali believes in Old-School coaching

Moeen Ali has always been the cricketer who has used an old-school and technique-oriented coaching style. As he believes that the traditional format of the game has changed its style due to the entertaining style of T20 cricket. He also thinks that England’s 1-4 loss against Australia has been the reason for modern day style of playing cricket.

“I am a massive believer in technique. I always have been. I think the one that is lacking in cricket right now generally, with so much T20 cricket - which is great, obviously, in a way - is technique, and having the foundation of proper batting, like in Test matches,” said Moeen.

“We [England] got exposed a little bit in Australia, in my opinion, because of probably a bit of a lack of technique at times. Of course, there is the mental side of the game and all that, but I am a big believer in having a good, strong technique first. The foundations have to be good, and then you can develop other stuff as well.”

Moeen Ali can train the spinners well

He further concluded, stating that his career started as a batter who bowled occasionally, and he also feels that he can train spin bowlers well.

Moeen Ali concluded saying, ”I went through the whole journey of almost being a part-timer to then changing and having to go through all that learning on the job… I worked with Saqi and other coaches who were unbelievable. I believe Saqlain Mushtaq is a genius when it comes to offspin and coaching it. I learned a lot from that, and obviously, I have batted all my life. Fielding will be my weakest point!.”

“But when you are playing club cricket or domestic cricket, you feel like England’s miles away… Things can change. Things can happen quickly. I am going to take my time with it to do that, do some punditry, and see which one I like and see which one naturally takes me. I have always been the sort of person that goes with the flow, and I will see what happens, and see where they both take me.”

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