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England door not closed for Hales: Giles


Bangladeshpost
Published : 22 Sep 2019 08:38 PM | Updated : 07 Sep 2020 06:33 PM

Alex Hales can play for England again despite losing his central contract, says director of cricket Ashley Giles.

Hales, 30, was dropped from England's World Cup squad in for an "off-field incident". The Guardian reported he had failed a recreational drugs test, report BBC.

He had previously been suspended over his part in an altercation outside a Bristol nightclub in September 2017.

"The door isn't closed. He's a very fine short-format player," Giles said.

"In the immediate term, he hasn't played a lot of cricket this year for us for different reasons and, as [captain] Eoin Morgan has said, there's a certain amount of trust that needs to be gained back.

"He needs to keep working hard and getting the runs - but if he does that, who knows?"

At the time, Morgan confirmed that Hales' omission was endorsed by senior players because of what 

he described as a "complete breakdown in trust" between the Nottinghamshire batsman and the rest of the squad.