Alex Hales returns to England facet after 3 years, replaces Jonny Bairstow in T20 World Cup squad

England opener Alex Hales has made a comeback to the facet for the upcoming T20 World Cup. The 33-year-old  returned to the nationwide facet after three-year-long exclusion after the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) on Wednesday named him of their squad for subsequent month’s Twenty20 World Cup in Australia. Alex Hales has been added as Jonny Bairstow’s alternative.

The wicketkeeper-batter sustained a left ankle damage whereas enjoying golf which dominated him out of the gala event. Hales, who final represented England in May 2019, might be again to the facet underneath Jos Buttler’s captaincy. He’s prone to accomplice skipper Buttler on the high of the order.

Alex Hales has additionally been added to our squads for the #T20WorldCup and IT20 tour of Pakistan 🏏

— England Cricket (@englandcricket) September 7, 2022

Hales has been out of favour since he failed a leisure medicine take a look at in the summertime of the 2019 World Cup. Things appear to have modified for Hales after skipper Eoin Morgan’s retirement in April as Morgan had cited a ‘breakdown in trust’ with Hales. Now with Jos Buttler in control of the group, Jason Roy’s droop of kind and the damage to Jonny Bairstow forward of T20 World Cup, labored in Hales’ favour.

Hales has enormous expertise on Australian pitches. He has been a mainstay within the Big Bash League in recent times, together with being top-scorer within the 2020-21 version.

Former champions England start their World Cup marketing campaign towards Afghanistan on Oct. 22 in Perth.