The return of Alex Hales to England’s T20 squad

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Hales 50* vs India

Hales is a six-machine! England recalled him for this tournament due to his excellent record in Australia and he is utterly dominating on this pitch Down Under. A fifth six for him as he drills Axar over long-on with disdain, shortly before clinching a 28-ball fifty. That is one ball quicker than it took Hardik to fire a half-century in the India innings.

 

[Marooned]

Scary when he is in this form. Huuge task ahead for our bowlers.

 

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Highest opening partnership for England in men's T20Is:

143* - Alex Hales & Michael Lumb v NZ, 2013
132 - Alex Hales & Jos Buttler v AUS, today
128* - Alex Hales & Craig Kieswetter v WI, 2011
111 - Alex Hales & Michael Lumb v AUS, 2013

Another Alex Hales partnership added to the list.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Good to see Hales doing well again, was left out way to long after he served his ban. He is a quality T20 player.

 

[James]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Love to see it! What a journey the last couple of months have been <a href="https://t.co/zz7Duy2KnV">pic.twitter.com/zz7Duy2KnV</a></p>— Alex Hales (@AlexHales1) <a href="https://twitter.com/AlexHales1/status/1592240558457905152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 14, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

WHAT a comeback!

A redemption arc.

 

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Alex Hales reprimanded by CDC over non-recent social media posts

Former and current players reprimanded by CDC over non-recent social media posts

The Cricket Discipline Commission (CDC) has published its decision in relation to charges brought against a current and a former player regarding non-recent social media posts.

Alex Hales and Ateeq Javid admitted their breach of ECB Directive 3.3 which states: “No such person may conduct himself in a manner or do any act or omission which may be prejudicial to the interests of cricket or which may bring the game of cricket or any Cricketer or group of Cricketers into disrepute.’’

The CDC Adjudicator, Chris Tickle, has imposed a reprimand on Mr Hales and Mr Javid. The CDC decisions are available to view below:

Alex Hales

 

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Alex Hales not thinking about playing ODI World Cup in India next year

It has been a second coming in international cricket for Alex Hales and in this phase his focus will be on playing T20Is for England and franchise cricket across the world.

Hales was one of England’s heroes in the recently-held T20 World Cup and played a blazing knock against India in the semi-finals. Asked if he will now see himself also playing 50 over cricket considering there is a World Cup in India next year, he emphasized that his focus is the shortest format.

“I don’t know but I think going forward I would concentrate on playing T20Is for England and franchise cricket. I haven’t put much thought into ODIs,” Hales told PTI during a zoom interaction arranged by Team Abu Dhabi which will take part in the T10 league in the Emirates.

Hales believes that playing in Asia, especially in the UAE, had given him a chance to improve his overall game against spin. “On the subcontinent, pitches more often not tend to have a bias towards spin and you have to make sure you adapt your methods. And I think that’s one of the key things as a franchise cricketer.

“As you’re playing tournaments in different countries and conditions all year round, so you have to keep topping up on certain areas of your game all the time, otherwise you soon get found out,” he explained the reason behind picking the T10 league. Team Abu Dhabi will open their campaign in Abu Dhabi T10 against the Deccan Gladiators in the second game on November 23.

Among the most destructive batters in world cricket currently, Hales’ life in the fast lane has been a storied one. But, whenever, Hales has picked up his bat and walked out, he has provided ample evidence of his explosive abilities, which he hopes to replicate in the Abu Dhabi T10.

Hales is now primarily a one format player and has last played first class cricket in 2018. He believes that quitting red ball cricket has helped him improve his T20 game as it’s no longer feasible to play all formats. “I think it’s exceptionally difficult to play all three formats at the top level. I think there’s only a handful of cricketers who are probably good enough to excel at all three,” he said.

Hales believe in future all three formats will have specialists. “Since I gave up the red ball format in 2018, my T20 game has improved a lot and quickly as well. And the way things are going, I think it will see more and more specialists in each format,” he signed off.

https://indianexpress.com/article/s...ing-odi-world-cup-in-india-next-year-8279110/

 

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Guess who made the list of Top Innings today, AGAIN! <br><br>99 off 57. <a href="https://twitter.com/AlexHales1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AlexHales1</a>, you beauty <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DPWorldILT20?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#DPWorldILT20</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ALeagueApart?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ALeagueApart</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DVvGG?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#DVvGG</a> <a href="https://t.co/E10HhHrYUF">pic.twitter.com/E10HhHrYUF</a></p>— International League T20 (@ILT20Official) <a href="https://twitter.com/ILT20Official/status/1617202565808287745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 22, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>