ICC Cricket Men’s World Cup: Moeen Ali calls for rebuild in England and Wales ODI Cricket setup following abysmal trophy defence

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After England’s appalling cricket World Cup display as their trophy defence came crashing to an early end, all rounder Moeen Ali has hit home regarding the aging national side and how much needs to change in the future.

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00:00 Moeen Ali pulled no punches in the wake of England's latest World Cup

00:06 horror show against Australia, admitting the one-day team needs a

00:10 complete rebuild after this nightmare campaign is over. Moeen is one

00:14 of the 11 players in the squad over the age of 30. The Birmingham

00:18 all-rounder was asked if the simple explanation for an abysmal World

00:22 Cup and end of a successful white ball era was just down to the ageing

00:26 of players. He said, "Of course everything good must come to an end

00:31 and maybe the writing was on the wall but as players we didn't quite

00:35 notice it." England have the likes of Phil Salt, Will Jack, Zach Crawley,

00:40 Ben Ducat, Sam Hain and Rian Ahmed waiting in the wings ready to come

00:44 into the 50-over team for next month's three-match series in the West

00:48 Indies. They are also likely to form part of the rebuild as England

00:52 look towards the 2027 World Cup in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia.

00:58 there.

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