Silverwood always tries to look after the players, asserts Moeen Ali

In the aftermath of England's disappointing tour of Australia, where they lost the Ashes 4-0, the England and Wales Cricket Board decided to sack Chris Silverwood, batting coach Graham Thrope and the Director of Men's Cricket Ashley Giles. While it was inevitable after the kind of year England had in Test cricket, Moeen Ali recently retired from the longest version of the game, stated that the former coach was a brilliant person who looked after the players.

"One thing with Silverwood, he tries to look after the players and he's a brilliant person, he's a very good coach," Moeen said, reported ESPN Cricinfo. "It's a shame he's obviously not there anymore but he's made lots of friends and he can go with a lot of respect because he was such a good guy.

"It's always sad when people leave, the guys are good guys and they've all done a great job, but at the end of the day everything is about results and we had a poor Ashes and these things happen. It's not a job forever. They tried to do the best for the players but these things happen when you have a bad tour like Australia, which is big for England, people then always after that get sacked, so it's very sad."

Moeen had a very good year in the T20s, and after helping Chennai Super Kings to the title, he was retained by the franchise ahead of the 2022 mega auction. Currently, he is representing BPL side Comilla Victorians, who have won four of their six matches so far. Moeen admitted that visiting Bangladesh is one of the toughest asks for a side.

"Bangladesh is one of the hardest places to come, especially for batsmen, but you can learn so much," Moeen said. "If you play well here, I feel you can play anywhere. That's one of the reasons I came to Bangladesh, to try and improve and get used to conditions, so when I come with England, hopefully in the future, I know the conditions better and things like that.

"It's good for me because obviously, I bowl spin. Batting, I want to still improve. I'm 34, still always trying to improve and we're doing well as a team. We want to win, obviously, I want to win trophies. [I have] maybe five, six years left and I want to win as many trophies all over the world as I can, so that's my aim with Comilla Victorians, to win the competition."