Updated On: 18 September, 2022 07:52 AM IST | London | IANS
Hales made a return to the white-ball side after he was chosen as a replacement for the injured Jonny Bairstow for the away series against Pakistan ahead of the ICC T20I World Cup in Australia next month

Alex Hales
England opener Alex Hales has said ahead of the crucial seven-match T20I series against Pakistan, he never thought he would don his country’s jersey in an international cricket match after he failed a drugs test in 2019 and was left in the wilderness for three years owing to the misdemeanour.
Hales made a return to the white-ball side after he was chosen as a replacement for the injured Jonny Bairstow for the away series against Pakistan ahead of the ICC T20I World Cup in Australia next month.