Moeen Ali stroked a majestic century as England crushed Scotland at Christchurch by 119 runs, their seventh World Cup win by a margin of more than 100 runs setting themselves back on the road to redemption in this World Cup.

There will be 210 players participating in this year’s tournament. Here, Tapabrata Banerjee focusses on some of the youngsters who are going to play in their first World Cup.

Moeen Ali scored a dashing maiden One-Day International century but his innings proved in vain as Sri Lanka won the first match against England by 25 runs in Colombo.

Moeen Ali took three wickets and then scored a 21-ball half-century as England began their tour of Sri Lanka with a 56-run win over Sri Lanka A on the Duckworth/Lewis method.

Angus Porter, the Professional Cricketers' Association (PCA) chief executive, has responded to the reception that Moeen Ali received at Birmingham on Saturday, playing down the boos the England international received.

England batsman Moeen Ali says that under-pressure captain Alastair Cook is the most mentally strong person he's ever met and that there is plenty to play for despite trailing the ODI series 3-0 to India.

In spite of Moeen Ali’s recent exploits in Southampton and Manchester, the absence of a genuine frontline spinner in England's Test team continues to be a topic of much contention, writes Matt Carter.

England took nine wickets after tea on day three of the fourth Test at Emirates Old Trafford to hand India an innings-and-54-run defeat and go 2-1 up in the five-match series.

I predicted yesterday that this game would be over by lunch, and so it proved, but you didn't have to be a rocket scientist to work that out. India just didn't apply themselves in their second innings.

Moeen Ali's maiden five-wicket haul bowled England to a 266-run win over India on the final day of the third Test at The Ageas Bowl in Southampton.

England reduced India to 112 for four at stumps on day four of the third Test at The Ageas Bowl in Southampton as they closed in on a series-levelling victory after another outstanding day's work.

England have named uncapped trio Moeen Ali, Chris Jordan and Sam Robson in their 12-man squad for the first Test against Sri Lanka.

England captain Stuart Broad admits he is gutted after his side lost the first One-Day International against the West Indies but praises the performances of debutants Michael Lumb and Moeen Ali.

The demise of Somerset in very much the talking point on the county circuit at the moment, with the county giving further ammunition to their critics by collapsing for 108 to lose inside two days to Sussex. Elsewhere, Worcestershire built on Alan Richardson's eight-wicket haul yesterday thanks to a Moeen Ali century, while Durham took the upper hand over Middlesex.

Title challengers Warwickshire were put to the sword at Taunton, while there were runs elsewhere for James Taylor, Luke Wells and Moeen Ali. Durham edged ahead of what could prove a clash between the relegation candidates come September at Chester-le-Street, while Northamptonshire continued their strong run with another tail-end wag at Bristol.

Moeen Ali took another six wickets to condemn County Champions Lancashire to defeat inside three days at Old Trafford.

The MCC have named the eleven players that will take part in the traditional Champion County match against reigning champions Lancashire which will be held from 27th to 30th March. Surrey and former England batsman Mark Ramprakash will captain the side, which also includes the spin pairing of Gareth Batty and Ian Blackwell, alongside younger players such as Somerset all-rounder Lewis Gregory and Worcestershire and England Lions batsman Moeen Ali.

As the club cricket season draws to a close, we take a look at the winners and losers in this week's Kingfisher Beer Cricket World Club Most Valuable Player top tens.

On another day of action in the LV= County Championship, there was a win for Kent over Surrey and notable performances from Moeen Ali and Mal Loye while Nottinghamshire beat Glamorgn in the day's only CB40 fixture.

Today saw action in both the LV= County Championship and the Clydesdale Bank 40, with notable performances from Kyle Hogg, James Fuller and Moeen Ali.