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The ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2022 has been delivering some high-quality cricket matches. In more ways than one, this has been a tournament where no side has looked way ahead of the rest. Consequently, each team has been made to work very hard for those 2 points in almost all matches of the Super 12 stage.

In the final match of the Group 1 too, Sri Lanka made England toil hard for victory. Even though the Men from the island nation were eliminated from the race to the final four, they had a chance to deny the Three Lions a place in the semis and help the host country to forge ahead in the tournament and they almost did just that.

However, in the end, England managed to reach their target with Ben Stokes staying unbeaten at 42 off 36. Needing 142 to win, the Jos Buttler and Alex Hales duo had got off to a great start but wickets in the middle allowed Sri Lanka to come back. Hales, ended as the top-scorer for England, as he made 47 from 30 balls.

After the match, when Hales was called for a post-match interview by the broadcasters with Eoin Morgan also present as an expert cum commentator, Hales simply ignored the former English skipper. Notably, Hales was ignored for a place in the England team when Morgan was the skipper as the batter had tested positive for a recreational drug twice.

After the incident despite scoring loads of runs, Hales failed to make a comeback in the team. And now after Morgan has retired, Hales has been brought back to the national team.

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