Alex Hales set to remain on the outside looking in for England

Hales hasn’t featured for his country since March 2019 and despite a return to form that doesn’t look likely to change in the near future

Sydney Thunder batsman Alex Hales (Getty Images)

England cricket fans don't have to cast their minds too far back to remember a time when the limited-overs side was crying out for some impetus at the very top of the order.

The days of run-a-ball, time at the crease one-day knocks are not that far in the rear-view mirror. Perhaps, given the woeful lack of success had while playing them, it’s best they are forgotten.

But no more. England's white-ball revolution has been built from the top down with Eoin Morgan's newly-aggressive side going and going hard from ball one.