After making his England debut in a T20I match against India at Manchester in August 2011, Alex Hales earned his true recognition when he played his first ODI three years later against the same opponents at Cardiff. While best of the batsmen like Alastair Cook, Ian Bell, Joe Root and Eoin Morgan lost their wickets cheaply in a 305-run chase, Hales waged a lone battle scoring 40 runs off 63 balls. Making the best use of his tall height, he exhibited the world a destructive range of offside drives and cuts. Watching his consistent performances in the shorter formats, national selectors awarded him a Test call-up. He played his first Test against South Africa at Durban in December 2015. Though he failed to impress much in the longest format of cricket and he managed to play just 11 Tests in a duration of one year.
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Alex Hales won the Player of the Match in the ICC T20 World Cup 2022 semi-final clash against India.
I don't know but I think going forward I would concentrate on playing T20Is for England and franchise cricket: Alex Hales
There were always nerves and pressure coming back after three years. Three years felt like forever: Alex Hales
ENG vs PAK, 1st T20: The right-handed batsman also opened up on how he called Buttler and asked questions. Hales, who has now been recalled will now want to prove himself in the international arena and avoid the mistakes that he has committed in the past.
Alex Hales has been recalled to England's T20 World Cup and for the 7-match T20 series against Pakistan after Jonny Bairstow was ruled out of the tournament down-under owing to an injury.
Hales, a big-hitting opening batter, was dropped ahead of the 2019 Cricket World Cup for what was described by the England and Wales Cricket Board as an “off-field incident” that led to a suspension. He reportedly twice tested positive for recreational drugs.
I will have to speak to the people involved in that decision but I would have Alex Hales available for selection: Rob Key
Former England cricketer Alex Hales has issued a public apology after his images appeared showing the batter in 'blackface' during a fancy dress party.
The swashbuckling opener has been a prolific scorer for Thunder over the last two seasons of BBL, scoring 576 and 543 runs respectively.
Hales was banned a couple of years ago ahead of the 2019 World Cup after testing positive for recreational drug use.
Hales, a part of the Islamabad United franchise in the tournament, took it to Instagram to talk about the quality of food given to him.
Hales, who is the leading run-getter in the Big Bash League 2020-21, with 462 runs in 12 innings at an average of 38.5, has not played for England since March 2019.
Hales was reportedly axed from England's World Cup squad for testing positive for recreational drugs just before the showpiece event in 2019.
Hales was reportedly axed from England's World Cup squad for testing positive for recreational drugs just before the showpiece event in 2019.
Karachi Kings' owner Salman Iqbal has now revealed how a 2 AM call from Alex Hales triggered the process to suspend PSL 2020.
Ramiz Raja claimed that the cricketer might have shown COVID-19 symptoms before flying back to England following the postponement of the Pakistan Super League.
Alex Hales, who played for Karachi Kings in the league, left early for home with other English players after the outbreak of the virus in Pakistan.
Alex Hales was supposed to be one of four fielders inside the circle but he started walking back outside the circle before the ball was being bowled and it has resulted to him being called a cheat by Ricky Ponting.
Despite being one of the leading run-scorers in the 50-over game for Australia in 2019, Khawaja was overlooked for the India tour.
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