Recently-retired England batter says given his batting style, he would have committed himself entirely to T20 cricket
Matt Roller
Alex Hales played across all three international formats for England, but has admitted that if he were a young player now, he would “chuck my eggs into the T20 basket”, and abandon any ambitions in Test cricket.
Hales quit red-ball cricket in 2018, less than two years after playing the last of his 11 Tests for England, and said in a wide-ranging Sky Sports interview with Michael Atherton in the wake of his international retirement that he had not missed the format: “The pros outweigh the cons for that decision.”
And while he spoke of his pride at having represented his country 156 times and playing for them across formats, Hales conceded that if he…