England all-rounder Moeen Ali retired from Tests two years ago. However, this star all-rounder recently came from retiring before the start of the Ashes. Moeen will play as the main spinner and number three batter in the fourth Test in Manchester. Moeen wants to take retirement from Test cricket after winning this Ashes series.

Having won his second Indian Premier League (IPL) for Chennai Super Kings just seven weeks ago, Moeen had no Test thoughts on his mind. He was in his second year of retirement from Tests. In addition, he is playing as the vice-captain of England's white-ball and is enjoying relatively profitable franchise cricket.

At that time, Moeen was supposed to play T20 Blast and The Hundred. However, Ollie Pope's shoulder injury, Jack Leach's back injury, Moeen was approached by coach Brandon McCullum. Ben Stokes also requested. Moeen returned to the Test again after not being able to turn down the request of his friend Stokes. He thinks there is some reason behind his return like this.

Moeen said, "Things happen for a reason. I genuinely believe that and I've always believed it. That's why, when the call came, I thought, 'It's an opportunity I can't turn down.' It's a great challenge but yeah, things happen for a reason. I'm a big one on faith and destiny and all that."

Moeen was scheduled to play his last Test against India at Old Trafford two years ago. But few hours before the match, India refused to play the match. As a result, Moeen did not have the opportunity to officially leave. So now Moeen wants to leave after winning the Ashes. "It would be amazing to win an Ashes and finish Test cricket properly," added Moeen.

Batting at No. 3 was a big decision for Moeen. McCullum knew Harry Brook was comfortable at five. Therefore, McCullum felt that Bairstow would be effective for the team batting two positions down.

Moeen has batted 75 times at number three in first-class cricket. For Worcestershire where he averages 53.61 with seven centuries and two double-centuries. The higher he bats, the better Moin thinks he is.

Moeen further said, "I've been going back to simple things about batting: playing the ball late; playing as straight as I can; and just leaving a few balls. Just trying to get my mindset right for No. 3."

And Moeen will touch the double of 3000 runs and 200 wickets in Tests if he scores 23 runs in two innings in fourth Test, which 16 cricketers have been able to do so far. Moeen said about this record, "I think it means more to my dad. It would mean a lot to me as well but my dad is the one who is buzzing for it so hopefully I can get there. I know it's only 20-odd runs but it feels like miles off."