England recalls 33-year-old batter as Jonny Bairstow’s replacement for T20 World Cup after 3-year exile The big-hitting opening batter, was dropped ahead of the 2019 Cricket World Cup for what was described by the England and Wales Cricket Board as an “off-field incident” that led to a suspension. He reportedly twice tested positive for recreational drugs. Alex Hales’ three-year exile from international cricket ended Wednesday when he was selected by England as the replacement for the injured Jonny Bairstow in its squad for the Twenty20 World Cup. Hales, a big-hitting…
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James Anderson struck early in his 100th home Test, before Stuart Broad and Ben Stokes struck twice each, as England seized the early initiative in the second Test at Emirates Old Trafford with five wickets before lunch in handy seam-bowling conditions.
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