Alex Hales The England and Wales Cricket Board on Wednesday said it has returned to the England squad after three years as he was added to the squad for the T20I tour of Pakistan as well as the 2022 T20 World Cup. Hales, who last played for England in 2019, has been included in the squad as a replacement for the wicketkeeper-batsman. Jonny Bairstowwho suffered an injury while playing golf that left him out of action for the foreseeable future.
“Nottinghamshire batsman Alex Hales has been called into England’s ICC Men’s T20 World Cup squad as a replacement for Yorkshire’s Jonathan Bairstow, due to a left ankle injury last week,” the ECB said in a statement. His chances were gone.”
“The 33-year-old Hales, who last represented England in March 2019, has also been included in the IT20 squad for the tour of Pakistan,” the board said.
Alex Hales has also been included in our squad #T20World Cup and IT20 tour of Pakistan
— england cricket (@englandcricket) September 7, 2022
Hales has played 60 T20Is so far, scoring eight fifties and a century.
Hales had tested positive for a banned substance, which forced the selectors to withdraw the right-handed batsman from the provisional 15-man squad for the 2019 World Cup, which England won.
Since then they have not been considered for selection.
England squad for 2022 T20 World Cup: Jos Buttler (c, wk), Moeen Ali, Harry Brooke, Sam Curran, Alex Hales, Chris Jordan, Liam Livingstone, David Malan, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Ben Stokes, Reece Topley, David Willey, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood
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Travel Reserve: Liam Dawson, Richard Gleason, Tymal Mills
England T20 squad for Pakistan tour: Jos Buttler (C, WK), Moeen Ali, Harry Brooke, Jordan Cox, Sam Curran, Ben Duckett, Liam Dawson, Richard Gleason, Alex Hales, Tom Helm, Will Jack, David Malan, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Ollie Stone, Reece Topley, David Willey, Chris Woakes, Luke Wood, Mark Wood
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