BBL leading run scorer Alex Hales' English exile slammed ahead of The Knock Out

The Sydney Thunder finished in third spot on Alex Hales’ bat but it hasn’t stopped his home country from continuing his exile.

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Alex Hales has the golden cap.

The Brisbane Heat are looking to keep their season alive after going the long way through the BBL finals as they face the Sydney Thunder at Canberra’s Manuka Oval.

The Thunder finished third and have had a few days off while the Heat had to beat the Scorchers to make the finals, before beating the Adelaide Strikers in a less than impressive victory at the Gabba.

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But Bond told The Sunday Telegraph that he had been great around the squad.

“I’ve read a lot from the England camp about how it’s about trust issues. Well, if that’s the case, I want to know how they signed off on that because I’m still waiting for the phone call about how he’s going over here,” Bond told The Sunday Telegraph.

“If you’re going to make it about trust then you need to do your diligence and see what’s actually happening but he’s been here two seasons and no one’s rung us from the ECB to ask how he’s fitted in and what he’s been doing.

“I just think that’s really unfair because he’s being punished for something that happened nearly three years ago.

“Lots of young men make mistakes but he’s learnt from it and grown up, he’s matured and he’s really good man that is just being punished way too much.”

Vaughan is also in Hales' corner for a comeback.

"I'd like to see him get another opportunity," Vaughan said.
"He's too good a player. He gets hundreds in Twenty20 cricket. Not many people can do that."

In May 2020, English white-ball skipper Eoin Morgan said "more time" was needed before Hales could be welcomed back.

Vaughan said on the Test Match Special podcast: "There has been enough time now between what happened before the World Cup – England were right to get rid of him before then – but since then he's played so well, particularly over the past year.

"He gets in England's best six or seven batsmen and for that reason I believe time is a great healer."

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