[2] On 7 June 2023, Ali announced he was coming out of retirement for England Test team[3] following an injury to first choice spinner Jack Leach, just ahead of the 2023 Ashes Series.

[7] He is of Pakistani and English descent; his grandfather migrated to England from Mirpur, Kashmir,[8][9][10] while his grandmother, Betty Cox, was a white Briton.

[11] He grew up on the same street as fellow cricketers Kabir Ali (his first cousin), Naqash Tahir, and Rawait Khan.

[16] After more games at this level in 2004, and a first outing for England Under-19s against their Bangladeshi counterparts he spent the succeeding winter playing for the Under-19s on their tour of India.

Playing that summer against Sri Lankan Under-19s, he starred in the final "Test" by making 52 not out and 100 not out (the latter innings from 56 balls) and claiming seven wickets.

He was then selected for the 2006 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, which was held in Sri Lanka, and was immediately promoted to captain by coach Andy Pick.

He also took his first wickets in first-class cricket, and his first three victims were all Test players: Stuart Law, Dominic Cork and Dave Mohammed.

[22] Pakistan off-spinner Saeed Ajmal was Worcestershire's overseas player for a short time in 2011 and while at the club he encouraged Moeen to try bowling the doosra.

[29] In February 2012, before the start of the English season, Worcestershire's director of cricket Steve Rhodes commented that Ali's doosra was "not too difficult to pick at the moment but he's learning a few tricks and he's got other things up his sleeve.

Moeen averaged 62 in Division 2, totalling 1375 runs altogether – the highest of any batsmen in first-class cricket and finished with 4 centuries and 8 fifties as well as 28 wickets.

The Rapids beat Lancashire Lightning in the semi-final and then went on to meet the Sussex Sharks in the final where the Worcestershire boys came out on top as they won by 5 wickets to lift their first T20 Blast Trophy.

In 2019 Moeen was captain of a Worcester side who almost went all the way to retain their T20 blast trophy but lost to a last ball defeat to the Essex Eagles.

On their road to finals day, Moeen enjoyed a great campaign himself notably scoring 85 not out vs Birmingham Bears in the group stage in a 9 wicket victory.

The Outlaws need 11 off 12 balls but it didn't get off to a good start for the Trent Bridge side as 3 wickets fell in the penultimate over.

[citation needed] Due to his injury at the World Cup, Ali was not initially selected for the West Indies tour.

[citation needed] Ali played in the first ODI against the West Indies, and made an unbeaten 31 in the first game as England won by 45 runs.

[65][66] He made 75 not out in second innings of 4th Test to help England to a strong position and finished the game with a 5-wicket haul for the second consecutive match.

[75] On 29 May 2020, Ali was named in a 55-man group of players to begin training ahead of international fixtures starting in England following the COVID-19 pandemic.

[76][77] On 17 June 2020, Ali was included in England's 30-man squad to start training behind closed doors for the Test series against the West Indies.

[78][79] On 9 July 2020, Ali was included in England's 24-man squad to start training behind closed doors for the ODI series against Ireland.

[citation needed] On 7 June 2023, Ali came out of retirement from Test Cricket in order to be included in the England squad to face Australia in the 2023 Ashes following an injury to Jack Leach.

[100] In February 2021, Ali was released by RCB and was bought by the Chennai Super Kings in the IPL auction ahead of the upcoming season for a price of nearly £700,000.

The ICC code bars players from "conveying messages which relate to political, religious or racial activities or causes".

Although Moeen had been cleared by the ECB to wear the bands, the decision was overruled by the match referee, David Boon.

[105] In January 2015, he joined Orphans in Need, an international NGO, as a Global Brand Ambassador and carried the charity's logo on his bat.

[106] Speaking after his stint at the crease, Moeen Ali said, "I enjoy coming back to the community where I grew up playing tapeball cricket.

I hope that, as an ambassador for the charity, I can pass on some useful advice and help inspire children like the ones here today involved in StreetChance.

It's so important that schemes like StreetChance give young people the opportunity to play cricket and to learn key life skills, wherever they're from, whatever their background.

[109] Ali was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2022 Birthday Honours for services to cricket.

[110] In November 2024, Ali received Honorary Doctorate from Coventry University for his contribution to English cricket during a decade-long international career.