Alex Hales' success in Australia made him "the obvious pick" to replace the injured Jonny Bairstow in England's T20 World Cup according to Jos Buttler, who suggested that Hales is "a different ...

Jos Buttler has revealed how he kept in touch with Alex Hales during his three year England exile before making the call to bring him back into the fold. And that olive branch from the skipper ...

Jos Buttler and Alex Hales shone before England held their nerve against an under-strength Australia to win by eight runs and draw first blood in this three-match T20 series. Buttler marked his ...

Jos Buttler was already putting the feelers out regarding his replacement in the T20 World Cup squad. The identity of the alternate in his mind was under no doubt. Alex Hales was the main talking ...

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Preferred to Phil Salt as Buttler’s opening partner, Hales was not as fluent as England’s limited-overs captain but gradually clicked into gear to top-score with 84 off 51 balls before holing out.

England claimed a 4-3 series win over Pakistan in their seven-match T20 international series after an emphatic victory in the decider. So all is rosy in the garden ahead of the T20 World Cup..