Hales in England squad for World Cup after 3 years

T20 World Cup is knocking on the door. England Cricket Board (ECB) has already announced the team for this event to be held in Australia in October. But as soon as the team was announced, the team received bad news. Hard hitter opener Jonny Bairstow has been ruled out of the World Cup due to injury.

This time, 33-year-old Alex Hales was called up to England’s World Cup team instead. As a result, after 3 long years, this right-handed top-order batsman is going to enter the field again in the country’s jersey. Hales last played in England jersey in 2019. He was also in England’s initial squad for the ODI World Cup that year.

However, Hales was dropped from the team at the last minute due to being positive in drug test and breach of discipline. After that, he did not return to the field in the country’s jersey. However, he has performed well in T20. This time Hales got the result of that performance. The opportunity came to play for the country again.

Hales has played 60 matches in England jersey since his debut in 2011. Scored 1,644 runs at an average of 31.01. Scored 6 half centuries and 1 century.

Hales had a great chance to play in the 2021 T20 World Cup held in the United Arab Emirates. But he could not get a place in the team. At that time, this cricketer could not enter the team during the period of the then captain Ewin Morgan. However, as Morgan’s chapter ended in England cricket, Hales’ chapter is going to begin again.

Note that England’s World Cup journey will begin with a match against Afghanistan on October 22. Let’s see if Hales can shine there with the bat.