'I couldn't believe what I heard' - Moeen Ali opens up on racism | ITV News

England cricketer Moeen Ali has opened up to ITV News following claims made in his autobiography that he was racially abused during an Ashes match against Australia.

The all-rounder alleges that during a 2015 match a player on the Australian team called him "Osama", seemingly referring to former Taliban leader Osama Bin Laden.

"I couldn't believe what I had heard," Ali told ITV News of one of the starkest moments of prejudice the practising Muslim has faced during his career.

In his book, Moeen, Ali says he confronted the player at the end of the series which England won, but the man who remains unnamed denied it.

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