Steve Harmison believes Alex Hales will not earn an England recall for the 50-over World Cup defence in India later this year, despite playing a starring role in their T20 World Cup win last year.
Hales was axed by England on the eve of their 50-over World Cup win back in 2019 after it emerged he had failed a second drugs test and the opener has not played an ODI since. His three-and-a-half year exile came to an end last year after Jason Roy was dropped and Jonny Bairstow suffered an injury ahead of the T20 World Cup and Hales played a starring role as England went on to lift the trophy, smashing 212 runs at an average of 42.40.
Following the final, England white ball coach Matthew Mott talked up Hales' ODI prospects, stating: "To me white-ball cricket is white-ball cricket. He's shown he's not a slogger of the ball.
