England opening batsman Alex Hales aged 34 has shocked the cricketing fraternity by announcing early retirement. Hales played a key role for his team to lift the recently concluded T20 World Cup 2022 edition but unfortunately, he never featured in ODIs post-Mar, 2019.
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Alex Hales was considered to play in the ODI WC 2019 but he was dropped from the squad as he failed a drug test and was never in contention to play international cricket until September 2022. Hales got a national call-up after Jonny Bairstow's freak golf injury, months before the start of T20 WC 2022.
1. Alex Hales was only the third batsman to score 2000-plus runs in T20Is for England after Jos Buttler and Eoin Morgan
Most runs for England in men's T20I:
Jos Buttler - 2713
Eoin Morgan - 2458
Alex Hales - 2074
Most Sixes for England in Men's T20I:
Eoin Morgan - 120
Jos Buttler - 113
Alex Hales - 70
2. Alex Hales was the first batsman to score a century for England in the men's T20I. Notably his century (116*) came against Sri Lanka in the 2014 T20 WC.
Notably, Alex Hales holds the record for having the highest score (116*) for England in men's T20I.
Highest score by a batsman in men's T20 WC:
Brendon McCullum - 123 vs BAN in Pallekele, 2012
Chris Gayle - 117 vs SA in Johannesburg, 2007
Alex Hales - 116* vs SL in Chattogram, 2014
3. Alex Hales' highest ODI score is 171 vs PAK in 2016 Nottingham.
Highest score for England in men's ODI:
Jason Roy - 180 vs AUS in Melbourne, 2018
Alex Hales - 171 vs PAK in Nottingham, 2016
Robin Smith - 167* vs AUS in Birmingham, 1993
4. Alex Hales will finish his career as a T20 WC winner by playing his last T20I game against Pakistan in T20 WC 2022.
Players to end up as T20 WC winners in their last T20I game:
Joginder Sharma in 2007
Mahela Jayawardene in 2014
Kumar Sangakkara in 2014
Sulieman Benn in 2016
Alex Hales in 2022
5. Alex Hales and Jos Buttler recorded an unbeaten 170-run opening partnership against India in T20 WC 2022 semi-final game.
Highest partnership in men's T20 WC history:
Alex Hales-Jos Buttler: 170* vs IND in Adelaide, 2022
Quinton de Kock-Rilee Rossouw: 168 vs BAN in Sydney, 2022
Mahela Jayawardene-Kumar Sangakkara : 166 vs WI in Bridgetown, 2010
Highest partnership for England in men's T20I:
Dawid Malan-Eoin Morgan : 182 vs NZ in Napier, 2019
Alex Hales-Jos Buttler: 170* vs IND in Adelaide, 2022
Jos Buttler-Dawid Malan: 167* vs SA in Cape Town, 2020
6. Alex Hales holds the record for scoring five consecutive fifty-plus scores in ODI cricket.
English batsman to score five consecutive fifty-plus scores in ODIs:
Geoff Boycott in 1979
Graham Gooch in 1982-85
Alec Stewart in 2000
Jonathan Trott in 2009-10
Alex Hales in 2016
Joe Root in 2016
7. Alex Hales has been the third-highest scorer for England in the men's T20 WC
Most runs for England in men's T20 WC:
Jos Buttler - 799 (27 inns)
Kevin Pietersen - 580 (15 inns)
Alex Hales - 568 (20 inns)
Alex Hales was the second-highest run-scorer for England in T20 WC 2022.
Most runs for England in T20 WC 2022:
Jos Buttler - 225 (6 inns)
Alex Hales - 212 (6 inns)
Ben Stokes - 110 (5 inns)
