article_snippet.sent: England’s search for a spin bowler to replace Graeme Swann was thought to be doomed – until Moeen Ali lit up the summer with 12 wickets in the Southampton and Manchester Tests against India.
article_snippet.sent: Ali finished the series with 19 at 23 apiece.
article_snippet.sent: Earlier in the season Ali had almost saved the Headingley Test against Sri Lanka, batting for all bar one ball of the final day.
article_snippet.sent: And, when Ali was promoted to open for the one-day side, Ali scored the third-fastest hundred by an England batsman, from 72 balls against Sri Lanka's.
article_snippet.sent: Moeen Ali Ali celebrates taking the wicket of India's Cheteshwar Pujara at Old Trafford last summer .
highlights_snippet.sent: Moeen Ali stars on the cover of Wisden, released on Wednesday .
  