England and Hales have moved on since his 2019 exclusion and the explosive opener is an obvious World T20 choice On one level England's decision to add Alex Hales to their T20 World Cup party was simple. Jason Roy suffered a collapse in form, Jonny Bairstow somehow suffered a broken leg playing golf and in Hales they had a proven match-winner ready to go. There was a strong case to say the Nottinghamshire opener should have been included before Bairstow's unfortunate slip on the third tee at Pan...
Pragmatism prevails as Alex Hales gets his second England chance at last | Ali Martin
The Guardian - 7 Sep 2022 16:00
England and Hales have moved on since his 2019 exclusion and the explosive opener is an obvious World T20 choice On one level England's decision to add Alex Hales to their T20 World Cup party was simple. Jason Roy suffered a collapse in form, Jonny Bairstow somehow suffered a broken leg playing golf and in Hales they had a proven match-winner ready to go. There was a strong case to say the Nottinghamshire opener should have been included before Bairstow's unfortunate slip on the third tee at Pan...
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