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England international Alex Hales becomes the first overseas player to sign a new deal with Sydney Thunder for the Big Bash League. The Nottinghamshire batsman became the third Englishman to join the Australian professional franchise Twenty20 cricket league after Tom Banton of Brisbane Heat and Sydney Sixers's Tom Curran, with many other Brits are expected to join the trio. Hales was axed from the national team shortly before the 2019 World Cup for using recreational drugs and has not played since. The 31-year-old has scored 576 runs from 17 games - the second-highest scorer during the last year's BBL at 38.40 average and a strike-rate of 146.93. The BBL is due to start on December 3. Opposition attacks watch out! @AlexHales1 will be back for #BBL10 😏 #ThunderNation https://t.co/AjJI4J36k9 — Sydney Thunder (@ThunderBBL) October 10, 2020

Were England right to effectively end Kevin Pietersen’s international career? Have they handed the Ashes to Australia? These questions remain but at 35 and with injuries continuing to affect the latter stages of his career, it seems obvious now that KP will never pull on an England shirt again. As supporters, we must all look to the future and one man who can help us to forget about the spat between Pietersen and the ECB is Nottinghamshire’s Alex Hales. A regular in the national T20 set up for some time, Hales is gradually forcing his way into the One Day squad and test recognition should surely follow. A man for all formats Those who have only seen Alex Hales perform in the T20 arena, either for England or for Notts Outlaws in the Nat West Blast, could be forgiven for seeing him as a very one dimensional cricketer. This is a top order biffer, sent out to score as quickly as possible with a view to taking the game away from the opposition very quickly and he’s done it very...

Nottinghamshire star Alex Hales has been named in the 15 man one-day squad for England’s five match series against India , starts on Monday. The 25-year-old, who is a regular in the England Twenty20 International side, has had a wonderful season in all formats. The Right-handed batsman will be joined by team-mate Harry Gurney, Eoin Morgan and James Tredwell. Meanwhile England’s fast bowler Stuart Broad is set to miss the ODI series as he receives treatment on his injured right knee. The five-match ODI series begins in Bristol on Monday 25 August, followed by a T20 international at Edgbaston on 7 September. Schedule: 1st ODI - Mon 25 Aug, Bristol 2nd ODI - Wed 27 Aug, SWALEC Stadium 3rd ODI, Sat 30 Aug, Trent Bridge 4th ODI, Tue 2 Sept, Edgbaston 5th ODI, Fri 5 Sept, Headingley T20, Sun 7 Sep, Edgbaston England squad: Alastair Cook (Capt), Moeen Ali, James Anderson, Gary Ballance, Ian Bell, Jos Buttler, Steven Finn, Harry Gurney, Alex Hale...

England Twenty20 opener Alex Hales has signed for Hobart Hurricanes in the 2014-15 Big Bash League season. Get ready for some crowd catches Purple Army.....we can confirm we have @AlexHales1 on the #canetrain for BBL|04!!! pic.twitter.com/DiIqEVmzCI — Hobart Hurricanes (@HurricanesBBL) June 11, 2014 The 25-year-old has experience in the Big Bash League for the Melbourne Renegades in 2012-13 and the Adelaide Strikers last summer. He becomes the Hurricanes’ ninth signing of BBL season four. The Nottinghamshire batsman Hales has played 32 Twenty20 internationals for England, scoring 1022 runs at 37.85. Hales confirmed the signature on his Twitter. Excited to be joining @HurricanesBBL for the #BBL04 and working with @wrightmove6 ! — Alex Hales (@AlexHales1) June 11, 2014 The Big Bash season four will start from late December 2014.

England right-handed batsman Alex Hales has joined Worcestershire on a month's loan from Nottinghamshire . COUNTY SIGN HALES ON LOAN AFTER MOEEN RETAINS ENGLAND PLACE http://t.co/5rtiJmHBF4 — Worcestershire CCC (@WorcsCCC) May 2, 2014 The 25-year-old, who became the first Briton to score a century in the Twenty20 format in March, will available for the club's three County Championship games as stand-in for Moeen Ali. The Director Steve Rhodes told the club's official website : " To lose a player of [Ali's] quality is a blow to the team, but to replace him with a loan player who is currently ranked as the number three T20 batsman in the world is a major coup for the club . "He is keen to show his abilities in the four day format and impress the national selectors." Hales has scored 956 runs at an average of 36.76 in 31 Twenty20 format for his country. His first-class debut was in 2008 and since then he has scored 3,428 runs at an average of...

England cricketer Alex Hales has been ranked as the number-one Twenty20 batsman by the International Cricket Council . The rankings were updated after England's victory against Australia in August. Nottinghamshire's Hales hit 94 off 61 balls, helping England to a 27-run victory that levelled the two match series at 1-1. New Zealand's Brandon McCullum has dropped down to second in the rankings with Australia's Watson and Warner in 3rd and 4th place respectively. Australia's Aaron Finch, who played a big part in the series against England, made sure his performance didn't go unnoticed, as he moved into the top 20 rankings for the first time in his playing career. Alex Hales was born in Hillingdon, Middlesex and comes from a family full of sporting history. His father was a highly successful cricketer regularly breaking league records, while his grandfather took tennis great, Rod Laver, to five sets in a Wimbledon qualifier. The world number one made h...