England all-rounder Moeen Ali on September 27 announced his retirement from Test cricket, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said in a release.
The 34-year-old played 64 Tests and bagged 195 wickets and scored five centuries during his career.
Earlier there were reports that he had already informed captain Joe Root and head coach Chris Silverwood of his decision to call time on his Test career.
“I'll miss walking out there with the lads, playing against best in the world with that feeling of nerves but also from a bowling point of view, knowing with my best ball I could get anyone out," Moeen said in a statement.
After a couple of years playing short-format cricket, he found he no longer had what it took to flourish in Test cricket. He just couldn't, as he puts it, "get in the zone" anymore.
"I felt like I was done, to be honest," Moeen said on the England and Wales Cricket Board's (ECB) website.
"I was hoping to play the last Test - there were a couple of milestones I wanted to pass - but once that game got called off, I realised that was it.
"The atmosphere felt really good. It was really nice to be back in the dressing room. But I just found cricketing-wise it was a bit of a struggle."
I didn't play enough first-class cricket and by the time I did get back into the team for that one Test in Chennai, I was on a different path.
He also said that test cricket is amazing.
"When you're doing well, or when you have a good day, it is a better feeling than any other format of the game by far. It is more rewarding and you feel like you've earned it. Very rarely do you bowl poorly and get five wickets or play poorly and get a hundred. You've done something really well."
Speaking about his bowling, Moeen said he is fulfilled.
He accepts he has probably over-achieved for a player who grew up identifying as a batter who bowled a little.
He, however, admits that there is a sense of "wasted" potential over his batting.
Meanwhile, Moeen is currently in the UAE, playing for Chennai Super Kings in the IPL 2021.
He remains a part of England's plans for the upcoming T20 World Cup in the UAE and Oman.
Moeen was on the verge of becoming only the 15th player in Test history to score 3,000 runs and claim 200 wickets when the fifth Test against India was canceled owing to the COVID-19 threat.
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