England rack up a large total against Hong Kong in warm-up win

Moeen Ali returned to form as England racked up a huge 169-run win over Hong Kong in their one-day international warm-up match.

Eoin Morgan's team began their limited-overs campaign in Abu Dhabi by posting a score of 342-8 against their associate opponents with Moeen scoring 71.

Alex Hales (64) and Jos Buttler (38) also scored some confidence-boosting runs, while Jason Roy provided most of England's early momentum, with 42 off 32 balls in an opening stand of 63 with Hales.

It was hard to see Hong Kong's reply getting competitive - and so it proved - with David Willey taking four wickets, Reece Topley and Adil Rashid two apiece as England skittled Hong Kong for 173.

Hales and Roy's positive start with the bat earlier in the day was undone when Roy fell lbw in the ninth over - trying to push Tanwir Afzal to leg and undone perhaps by one that just stopped a little in the pitch.

Hales moved past his 50 and Joe Root, Morgan - in his first innings since being hit on the helmet by a Mitchell Starc bouncer at Old Trafford in September - and James Taylor all scored double-figures scores, before Buttler put on 56, one of four half-century partnerships in the innings, with Moeen.

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England's wicketkeeper-batsman, who had to be dropped for the third Test last week, began what coach Trevor Bayliss hopes will be his 're-emergence' with a cover-driven four off Nadeem Ahmed first ball.

He had just hit the slow left-armer over extra cover for six when, trying to repeat the dose next ball, he was caught at long off for 38.

Moeen, also short of runs as a makeshift opener in England's Test series defeat against Pakistan, then made hay in the desert.

He hit five sixes in his 36-ball top score of the innings, eventually holing out at deep mid-wicket attempting another maximum, as England took a heavy toll of 100 in the last 10 overs.

Hong Kong got off to the worst possible start to their reply, with Kinchit Shah unfortunate to fall to a brilliant, diving catch at point by Roy off Willey - and the left-armer struck again in his next over.

Topley also got in the wicket column, Buttler pulling off a fine catch from an inside-edge to see off Nizakat Khan.

Babar Hayat (78) and Chris Carter happily milked England's spinners as they more than doubled the score in a third-wicket stand of 81.

But two more quick wickets, Babar bowled trying to charge at the returning Chris Woakes, had Hong Kong again in trouble, and Rashid Willey and Topley mopped up the tail.

Watch the first ODI between Pakistan and England in Abu Dhabi on Sky Sports 2 HD from 10.30am on Wednesday, November 11.