Ben Stokes gave his blessing to Alex Hales’ recall to the England T20 squad after three and a half years in the international wilderness.
Hales has not been a part of any England squad since 2019 after failing a second recreational drugs test on the eve of the World Cup. At the time, captain Eoin Morgan said that Hales had shown a complete disregard to the team’s values and had caused ‘trust issues’ with him and the rest of the team.
However with Morgan now retired from international cricket, the decision to recall Hales lay with new managing director Rob Key and white ball skipper Jos Buttler.
