Cricket Australia to probe Moeen Ali’s ‘Osama’ accusations

Jan 13, 2019 at 4:19 PM

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Cricket Australia to probe Moeen Ali’s ‘Osama’ accusations

Melbourne, Sep 15: Cricket Australia (CA) has decided to launch a probe on England all-rounder Moeen Ali’s allegations against an Australian player for calling him “Osama” during the 2015 Ashes.

Moeen, 31, made the accusation in his soon-to-be-released autobiography, where he also labeled the 2015 Australian touring party as “rude” and “disrespectful”.

“It was a great first Ashes Test in terms of my personal performance. However, there was one incident which had distracted me,” Moeen wrote.

“An Australian player had turned to me on the field and said, ‘Take that, Osama’. I could not believe what I had heard. I remember going really red. I have never been so angry on a cricket field,” he wrote.

“I told a couple of the guys what the player had said to me and I think (England coach) Trevor Bayliss must have raised it with Darren Lehmann, the Australians’ coach. Lehmann asked the player, ‘Did you call Moeen, Osama?’ He denied it, saying, ‘No, I said, ‘Take that, you part-timer’,” Moeen wrote.

“I must say I was amused when I heard that, obviously I had to take the player’s word for it, though for the rest of the match I was angry,” he further wrote.

Responding to Moeen’s claims, a Cricket Australia spokesperson said: “Remarks of this nature are unacceptable and have no place in our sport, or in society.”

“We have a clear set of values and behaviors that come with representing our country.

“We take this matter very seriously, and are following up with the ECB (England and Wales Cricket Board) as a matter of urgency to seek further clarification around the alleged incident,” he added.

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