Ben Stokes and Alex Hales shared a brief partnership in the first T20I against Australia, with the pair batting together for the first time since Hales was recalled by England.
The opener spent almost three years in the international wilderness since being dropped on the eve of England's 2019 Cricket World Cup win after failing a second recreational drugs test. And Stokes and Hales had a high-profile falling out following the 2017 Bristol incident which saw Stokes arrested and charged with affray.
Following a comprehensive win in an ODI against the West Indies, Stokes and Hales were involved in a brawl which ended with Stokes going to trial and getting acquitted. Having been arrested by police, Stokes woke up the next day in a police cell while Hales left to play golf without telling anyone what had happened.
