Mo Ali is a puzzling decision. Even if his dismal Ashes record is kept aside, he hasn't really set the world on fire. Add to this the fact that he was made to come out of retirement makes me concur with Butcher's statement, which was a little harsh but made sense.
If it's spin they wanted, could have gone with Murphy. I'm about 90% expecting him to not have much of an impact and likey to be dropped by the 3rd Test.
Wrong Ashes country my man.
I’m pretty sure if Murphy was English he’d have never even got to this stage let alone been given a chance now.