“I think players like myself and Ravi Bopara need to get out there and tell people that it is about playing for our country and that means playing for England.”
‘Sometimes in Asian homes it is about where we've come from, which is important too, but it is about where you live and where you're born and the people who are the same as you. The thing is, when you play in India they cheer everybody and I've had Indian friends sort of apologise to me about what happened. But there's definitely more that people like me can do.'
Another controversy to affect Moeen last summer was his decision to wear pro-Palestinian wristbands during England's Test against India at Southampton, a move which led to him being ticked off by the ICC.
