Alex Hales
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Alex Hales
Not to be confused with Alexander of Hales.
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| Full name | Alexander Daniel Hales | |||
| Born | 3 January 1989 Hillingdon, Middlesex, England |
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| Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | |||
| Batting style | Right-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm medium | |||
| Role | Batsman | |||
| International information | ||||
| National side | England | |||
| T20I debut (cap 55) | 31 August 2011 v India | |||
| Last T20I | 29 October 2011 v India | |||
| T20I shirt no. | 35 | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 2008– | Nottinghamshire (squad no. 10) | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | T20I | FC | LA | T20 |
| Matches | 4 | 35 | 43 | 46 |
| Runs scored | 75 | 2,259 | 1,397 | 1,146 |
| Batting average | 25.00 | 40.33 | 35.82 | 26.65 |
| 100s/50s | 0/1 | 4/16 | 3/7 | 0/10 |
| Top score | 62* | 184 | 150* | 83 |
| Balls bowled | – | 281 | 4 | 3 |
| Wickets | – | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Bowling average | – | 55.66 | – | – |
| 5 wickets in innings | – | 0 | – | – |
| 10 wickets in match | n/a | 0 | n/a | n/a |
| Best bowling | – | 2/63 | – | – |
| Catches/stumpings | 1/– | 20/– | 18/– | 18/– |
| Source: CricketArchive, 19 February 2012 | ||||
Alexander Daniel Hales (born 3 January 1989) is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who currently plays for Nottinghamshire. He was born in Hillingdon, and attended Chesham High School (now Chesham Grammar School) in Buckinghamshire. His father Gary broke several local batting records (including 321 not out for Gerrards Cross versus Chalfont St Peter in a limited overs league match in 1991) while his grandfather Dennis was a talented tennis player who once forced Rod Laver to five sets at Wimbledon.[1]
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Career
Hales first came to national attention in 2005 when, as a sixteen year old, he hit 55 off a single over (three no-balls, eight sixes, one four) in a Cricket Idol T20 tournament at Lords. [2] Ironically, he had been picked for his fast bowling ability.
Hales first represented Buckinghamshire in Minor Counties cricket during the 2006 season, and played for MCC Young Cricketers in the Second XI Championship of 2007. He then impressed whilst trialling with Nottinghamshire in 2007, scoring 218 in only his second appearance for the county, following it up with a hundred and two 95's. Notts offered him a two-year contract until the end of the 2009 season. He made his List A debut in a rain-affected match against Leicestershire in May 2008 and his first class debut against Somerset in September 2008. During the 2009 season, after an impressive start, he signed a new two year contract extension.[3] On 29 August 2009, Alex hit the top score in the Pro40 2009, 150 off of 102 balls for Nottinghamshire against Worcestershire at Trent Bridge.[4]
In July 2011, Hales made a century for Nottinghamshire in the county championship, a score that, according to Cricinfo marked him as "beginning to warrant the attention of the England selectors": it was the second century of his first-class career.[5] He went on to make 184.[6]
In April 2012 he told Nottingham-based entertainments magazine LeftLion: "I’m one of the worst league batsmen in the country. I’ve got an appalling record. I don’t know why that is, but I recommend that any clubs in Nottingham don’t get in touch with me." [7]
England
Hales represented England U19's in the summer of 2008 in a series of youth Test matches and ODIs against a touring New Zealand U19's, enjoying a successful time averaging 50 in the Tests and over 30 in the ODIs, including 3 half centuries. After just one season on the county circuit he was named in an England Performance Programme squad in the 09/10 winter. In the 2011 summer he was selected for the England Lions against Sri Lanka and was chosen for all the matches.
Following an impressive year in domestic Twenty20, he was selected for the senior England squad to play India. He scored a two-ball duck on debut, however in the following series against the West Indies, he scored an unbeaten 62 in a 128-run stand with Craig Kieswetter as England won by 10 wickets.
References
- ^ "Six Cricketeres to follow in 2010". BBC Sport. http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/oliverbrett/2010/01/six_cricketers_to_follow_in_20.html.
- ^ "Is this the new Kevin Pietersen?". "Sporting Life". http://sportinglife.com/cricket/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=cricket/05/07/29/manual_150241.html.
- ^ Hales extends Trent Bridge deal BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 November 2009
- ^ Worcs triumph despite Hales ton BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 November 2009
- ^ http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2011/content/current/story/522845.html
- ^ http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2011/engine/current/match/492125.html
- ^ http://www.leftlion.co.uk/articles.cfm/title/alex-hales/id/4459
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