An English cricketer, Alexander Daniel Hales was born on January 3, 1989. He is a member of the squad. He is an opening hitter who bats right-handed and presently plays for Nottinghamshire. He has also been a member of the English Cricket Team in all forms of the international game. In August 2014, he made his debut in the One-Day International competition against India. In December 2015, he made his debut in the Test cricket competition against South Africa. With his 116 not out against Sri Lanka in the 2014 ICC World Twenty20, Hales accomplished the feat of being the first English batter to achieve a century in a Twenty20 International. He also holds the record for the greatest individual score by an English batter in the format.
Additionally, he is the only batsman to be removed for 99 in both a one-day international and a Twenty20 International. Hales was an essential component of the England side that triumphed in the Twenty20 World Cup in 2022. Hales announced that he will be retiring from international cricket so that he may concentrate on local and franchise Twenty20 cricket in August of 2023. On the other hand, his grandpa Dennis was a superb tennis player who once forced Rod Laver to play five sets at Wimbledon. His father Gary smashed various local batting marks, including a record of 321 not out for Gerrards Cross against Chalfont St. Peter in a restricted overs league match.
Hales originally came to the notice of the public in 2005, when he was just sixteen years old, and appeared in a Cricket Idol Twenty20 competition at Lords. He smashed 55 runs off of a single over, which included three no-balls, eight sixes, and one four. His ability to bowl quickly was the reason he was selected, which is somewhat ironic. It was during the 2006 season that Hales made his debut as a member of the Buckinghamshire Minor Counties cricket team. In 2007, he was a member of the MCC Young Cricketers team that competed in the Second XI Championship.
The next year, in 2007, he put up an impressive performance when he was on trial with Nottinghamshire. He scored 218 in just his second outing for the county, and he followed it up with a hundred and two 95s. Notts made him an offer of a two-year deal that would last until the conclusion of the 2009 season. As a result of the rain, he made his debut in the List A competition against Leicestershire in May of 2008, and he made his debut in the first-class competition against Somerset in September of the same year.
Alex Hales Biography
| Name | Alex Hales |
| Full Name | Alexander Daniel Hales |
| Date of Birth | 3 January 1989 |
| Place of Birth | Hillingdon, London, England |
| Other Names | NA |
| Nationality | British |
| Father’s Name | Gary Hales |
| Mother’s Name | Lisa Hales |
| Siblings | NA |
| Spouse | NA |
| Marriage Date | NA |
| Children | NA |
| Role | Batting |
| Batting | Right-handed |
| Bowling | Right arm Medium |
| ODI Debut | August 27, 2014 vs. India |
| Test Debut | December 26, 2015 vs. South Africa |
| Favourite Food | NA |
| Favourite Actor | NA |
| Favourite Actress | NA |
| Favourite Colour | Blue |
| Retirement | August 2023 |
After getting off to a strong start by signing a new two-year contract deal during the 2009 season, he continued his success. While playing for Nottinghamshire versus Worcestershire at Trent Bridge on August 29, 2009, Alex achieved the highest score in the Pro40 2009 competition, which was 150 runs off 102 balls. According to ESPNcricinfo, Hales scored a century for Nottinghamshire in the county tournament in July of 2011. This score served as evidence that he was “beginning to warrant the attention of the England selectors.” It was the second century that Hales had scored in his first-class career. After that, he accomplished 184.
On the first day of the NatWest Twenty20 Blast, which took place in May 2015, Hales scored 86 runs without being out against Birmingham. He did this by hitting six consecutive sixes in two overs. During the T-20 Blast tournament that took place on August 5, 2017, Hales hit 95 runs off of 30 balls against a Durham player. During the summer of 2008, Hales was a member of the England Under-19 team that competed against a visiting New Zealand Under-19 team in a series of junior Test matches and One-Day Internationals. He had a good time, averaging fifty runs in the Test matches and more than thirty runs in the ODIs, including three half-centuries.
His inclusion in an England Performance Programme team over the winter of 2009–2010 came after he had only competed on the county circuit for a single season. He was picked to play for the England Lions versus Sri Lanka during the summer of 2011, and he was allowed to participate in all of the matches. Because of his outstanding performance in the Twenty20 competition played in England, he was chosen for the senior England team to compete against India. During his first game, he scored a duck off of two balls. However, in the subsequent series against the West Indies, he produced an unbeaten 62 in a 128-run partnership with Craig Kieswetter, which led to England’s victory by ten wickets.
Although Hales was able to maintain his position in the team for the Twenty20 encounter against India, he only managed to score 11 runs off of 19 balls. During the Twenty20 internationals that took place on June 24, 2012, England recorded their biggest successful chase to date. Even though Rampaul threw a yorker to Hales, who had scored 99 runs before losing his wicket, Hales was named the player of the match. In both of the matches that were played against South Africa, Hales participated and scored 11 runs in each of the innings.
Batting & Fielding Stats
| YEAR | MAT | NO | RUNS | HS | AVG | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4S | 6S | CT | ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | 6 | 0 | 148 | 45 | 24.67 | 118 | 125.42 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 | 6 | 0 | 148 | 45 | 24.66 | 118 | 125.42 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
Bowling
| YEAR | MAT | BALLS | RUNS | WKTS | BBM | AVE | ECON | SR | 4W | 5W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 |
However, he did not lose a single wicket in the second match since it was being rained out. In a Twenty20 International innings, Alex Hales is the only batsman to be out, having scored 99 runs. Hales, who continues to be an important member of England’s Twenty20 side, participated in the ICC World Twenty20 in 2012. It was England’s victory against Afghanistan that allowed them to advance out of the group stage. Hales was out on 31.
In the subsequent match, England was defeated by India by a score of 80 runs after being bowled out. Once again, Hales performed well at the batting crease against the West Indies, culminating in a score of 68. As a result of their performance in the match against the West Indies, he and Eoin Morgan established a new record for the best four-wicket partnership in the history of the ICC World Twenty20 (107).
