Moeen Ali has World T20 place in his sights
Moeen Ali is targeting a place among the England players heading to the World Twenty20 in Bangladesh after a thumb injury put Joe Root's participation in doubt.
Worcestershire batsman Moeen this week scored his first half-century as England beat West Indies by 25 runs to seal a morale-boosting one-day international series victory.
However, his team-mate Root was sent home after X-rays revealed he had suffered a fractured left thumb when facing a ball during his innings in Antigua, although the England and Wales Cricket Board has not yet ruled the 23-year-old out of the World Twenty20 tournament which starts later this month.
The top-order Yorkshireman is also capable of bowling spin and, despite his injury, could feasibly do so in Bangladesh, but England face an anxious wait over his fitness nevertheless.
Therefore Moeen, who described the current atmosphere in the England camp as "phenomenal", is eager to impress with the bat across the three T20 games against the Windies, starting in Barbados on Sunday.
He said: "I'll obviously try to get into the Twenty20 side first and as long as we're winning I don't really care.
"I'm very very happy and it's a brilliant experience to be around top quality players, andI just want to keep doing well."
