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The stormy opener started as a fast bowler
Had done a big feat at the age of 16
New Delhi. The second semi-final of T20 World Cup 2022 will be remembered. India had set a target of 169 runs to win against England. In the first 6 overs, the match got out of the grip of Team India. England’s stormy opener Alex Hales was responsible for this. Hales dashed India’s hopes by hitting an unbeaten 86 off 47 balls. In this World Cup, Alex Hales thrashed the bowlers fiercely. He emerged as the hero of England in the tournament. However, this hero had become ‘Zero’ at one point of time.
According to the home environment, Alex Hales started trying his hand at cricket since childhood. Alex’s father Gary Brock has also been a cricketer. His grandfather has represented England in lawn tennis at Wimbledon. Alex Hales started his career as a fast bowler. He used to play from Nottingham County in the early days. In 2005, 16-year-old Alex Hales did such a feat that he was compared to former explosive batsman Kevin Pietersen. In the T20 tournament, Alex hit 55 runs in one over at Lord’s ground. There were three no balls in that over. Hales hit eight sixes and a four. Alex Hales, who got Team India out of the T20 World Cup, started his T20 and ODI career against India only.
The captain did out of the team
In 2017, after a match with the West Indies, Alex Hales assaulted some people along with his teammate Ben Stokes at a club in Bristol. As a result, he was dropped from the team for the next match. In 2018, the Disciplinary Committee of England Cricket banned him for 6 matches due to Alex’s bad behaviour. Alex Hales surprised everyone by withdrawing his name from the probable squad for the 2019 ODI World Cup. Later the England board clarified that Hales had consumed banned drugs, so captain Ian Morgan refused to take him in the team.
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Returned after three and a half years
Alex Hales went missing for some time after this. In 2021, he made a strong comeback in the field through Big Bash. He was the top scorer of the league. Just before the 2022 T20 World Cup, due to Johnny Bairstow being injured, Alex Hales got a chance to return to the England team after almost three and a half years. Hales did not miss to capitalize on this opportunity. Alex Hales has scored 2419 runs in 70 ODIs. He has 2074 runs in 75 T20 matches.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : April 26, 2023, 11:38 AM