MOEEN Ali has been made available by England for Worcestershire’s Specsavers County Championship Division Two day-night match with Durham at the Emirates Riverside from June 26 to 29.

The all-rounder has been rested from the NatWest T20 international series against South Africa to gain experience of playing with the pink Duke balls that will be used for the Investec Test against West Indies at Edgbaston in August.

It means Moeen is set to face his England team-mates Ben Stokes and Mark Wood.

He will be making his second Championship appearance of the season after scoring the only half-century of the game in the low-scoring home win over Northamptonshire.

Moeen, who will be 30 next week, also appeared in five of the eight Royal London One-Day Cup group matches.

His fellow all-format players in England’s new Test captain Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow will be available for Yorkshire’s Division One Championship fixture against Surrey at Headingley.