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Ashley Giles has started to map out a possible route for Alex Hales to return to England’s configuration nearly two years after his controversial World Cup omission after admitting that the door cannot stay closed in the opener forever.
Giles, England’s director of cricket, held what has been described as “positive” conversations with Hales’ agent on Thursday 24 hours after Eoin Morgan, the captain of the white ball, downplayed his chances of joining the team for this year’s T20 World Cup. In India.
Any decision here will likely be up to Morgan, who accused Hales of “total disregard” for the team’s culture when, on the eve of the 50-year World Cup in 2019, he was given a 21-day suspension for failing. a second recreational drug test.
But while the pair haven’t spoken since a brief text message exchange 12 months ago, Giles seems keen to give Morgan the option with the plan of inviting Hales to England training when the white ball team plays at home this summer. .
“There has to be a way back,” Giles told Sky’s cricket show, during a taped interview shortly before his meeting with Group 366 representing Hales. “During this [recent] Period, bringing someone back for reinstatement has been difficult because we are living a bubble life. But I certainly hope there are opportunities this year to do that.
“He is a high-class player. We are lucky to be blessed with many high class players in our T20 lineup particularly. But the door cannot be closed forever. As we all know, trust is very important when you play as a team and that must be recovered ”. Since losing his World Cup spot and being stripped of his core contract at the end of the 2019 season, Hales has had considerable success as a Twenty20 specialist hitter in the T20 Blast, the Pakistani Super League and the Australian Big Bash League. .
Last month, the 32-year-old described himself as “desperate” to return to international cricket and claimed to have made changes to his lifestyle after the “disgusting” experience of watching England lift the World Cup. 50 in his absence.
