FILE PHOTO: Cricket - England v India - Fifth Test - Kia Oval, London, Britain - September 9, 2018 England's Moeen Ali celebrates the wicket of India's Hanuma Vihari Action Images via Reuters/Paul Childs
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Cricket Australia are to seek clarification from their English counterparts about an incident in which England all-rounder Moeen Ali says he was called "Osama" by an Australian player during an Ashes test in 2015.
Moeen, who is a Muslim, made the allegation in his autobiography, which is being serialised in The Times newspaper, saying the apparent reference to Islamist militant Osama bin Laden came during his Ashes debut in Cardiff.
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