CA closes probe into Moeen's claim

Cricket Australia has closed its investigation into England all-rounder Moeen Ali's claim that he was called "Osama" by a rival player during an Ashes Test in 2015 after finding no new details, a CA spokesperson said on Monday.Moeen made the allegation in his autobiography saying the apparent reference to Islamist militant Osama bin Laden came during his Ashes debut in Cardiff.

"Moeen elected not to progress the matter any further and we have not been able to ascertain any new additional evidence through our enquiries,” a CA spokesman told.