Eoin Morgan refuses to rule out Alex Hales World Cup return
"We would have to assess how that would sit in the changing room and the stigma it would bring"
"We would have to assess how that would sit in the changing room and the stigma it would bring"
"Hales has mucked up so many times that he left them with no choice"
"I’d love to use these tournaments to help get myself back in the frame for next year"
Hales was the first pick at the auction
"How we're perceived off the field is just as important as how we're perceived on the field"
"Bristol was a line-in-the-sand moment – they all realise they have to be better role models"
Looks like England's World Cup squad isn't so nailed-on after all ...
"If the story hadn't broken, absolutely Alex would probably still be here"
"There’s been a complete disregard for our values"
"[We] were given assurances that any suspension could not affect his selection for the World Cup"
The latest issue of Wisden Cricket Monthly, guest-edited by Isa Guha, out May 5:
The 160th edition of the most famous sports book in the world – published every year since 1864 – contains some of the world’s finest sports writing. It reflects on the extraordinary life of Shane Warne, who died far too early in 2022, and looks back at another legendary bowler, S.F. Barnes, on the 150th anniversary of his birth. Wisden also reports on England’s triumph at the T20 World Cup, to go alongside their 2019 ODI success, and on their Test team’s thrilling rejuvenation under Brendon McCullum and Ben Stokes.
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