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Right then. In some parallel universe Eoin Morgan’s England ODI side are beginning the final stretch of their World Cup preparations today after a quiet, uneventful week of low-key team selection speculation and World Cup ponderings.
Instead, to use the technical term, it’s been ructions agogo since Ali Martin broke the news last Friday of Alex Hales’s ban for the use of recreational drugs. The upshot, after a weird weekend, is Hales’s exclusion from the squad and a whole lot of questions for the ECB. It’ll likely be a relief for all concerned (other than Hales obviously) that we’ve got a bit of international cricket today to concentrate on instead.
Written by John Ashdown (now) and Tanya Aldred (later)
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2019/may/03/ireland-v-england-one-day-international-cricket-live under the title “Ireland v England: one-day international – live!”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
