Moeen was included in the English Squad for the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 in Bangladesh. Before the tournament, the squad played the West Indies in a limited overs series. Making his ODI debut against the West Indies on 28 February 2014, he scored 44 runs before being dismissed and took his maiden ODI wicket.
In the second match he made ten runs and took figures of 1-11. Moeen was again impressive in the third match, making his first half century in a score of 55. He ended up scoring 109 runs and picking up 3 wickets in the three match series. He made his T20 debut in the second match of the T20 series, although he scored just 3 runs and did not bowl. In the final match of the series he batted at 7 but was ran out for 3 runs.
2014 World T20
Moeen was a part of England's world T20 squad. He managed 49 runs in 4 matches and ending up wicketless. His tournament got off to a good start with him hitting 36 against New Zealand, and bowling 1 over for 7 runs. In the second game against Sri Lanka, he was dismissed for a first ball duck, although only four runs came of his over. Against South Africa he managed 10 runs and bowled two overs for 17 runs. He had a poor final match against the Netherlands, bowling 1 over 13 runs and being dismissed for just 3.
Test selection
Moeen was named in the England Test squad for their series against Sri Lanka,before making his debut in the first Test.Ali made a score of 48 in the first innings but only made 4 in the second. However, in the second Test of the series he made his maiden century in the second innings having started the final day with England on 57 for 5. England were denied a draw when Jimmy Anderson was caught off the penultimate ball of the match having survived 55 balls.
