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'He was one of the great teammates,' said Cook on BBC’s Test Match Special.
The Birmingham-born left-handed batter and right-arm spinner played in 68 Tests, 138 One-Day Internationals and 92 Twenty20 Internationals for England.
Tongue was picked ahead of Mark Wood, who was widely tipped for selection for the second Test, with Joe Root expected to continue to play the role of auxiliary spinner.
The all-rounder has been added to England's Ashes squad for the first two Tests.
'If we play our best cricket in the next two games I believe we win the World Cup,' said the all-rounder.
There has been no end to the debate in the aftermath of the third and final women's ODI between India and England where Deepti Sharma ran out Charlie Dean to complete clean sweep for visitors.
Chasing a modest 146, England needed 15 off the final over but debutant Aamer Jamal (1/13) held his nerve against the experienced Moeen (51 not out) to close out the game for Pakistan.
Moeen, who made his Test debut in 2014, scored 2,914 runs in 64 Tests at an average of 28.29 and claimed 195 wickets with his nagging off-spin but played little Test cricket since the 2019 Ashes series against Australia.
Taslima had tweeted on Monday that Moeen would have joined militant group ISIS in Syria had he not been busy playing cricket.
Coach Chris Silverwood apologised for the confusion surrounding his departure last week, saying selectors had decided beforehand Moeen would be granted leave before the final two Tests.
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