Alex Hales, England opener in shorter formats and a Twenty20 specialist, is in awe of Virat Kohli but feels Joe Root has the capacity to break records for English cricket. Daily headlines from the UAE and around the world brought to you by Gulf News. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/videos
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00:00I think it can work in both ways. I think the height thing can give me added power,
00:12added levers to hit the ball a bit further. On the contrary, when it comes to longer form
00:17cricket it can give you some technical issues that you have to keep on top of throughout
00:21your career. When I was younger I used to open the bowling and bat six, so there was
00:27never really something I did as a child. It sort of happened when I was 18, 19 and then
00:31enjoyed it for the rest of my career. The whole package is special. Every time you come
00:39here you get looked after. Locals are friendly and they're getting more and more passionate
00:43about their cricket over here. The UAE as a team are also up and coming as well. I think
00:47we're going to see a lot more of them in the next few years. It's just great memories.
00:51Obviously when I made an ODI at 100 I was here. Just very, very fond memories and spent
00:55a lot of time here and hopefully more to come.
01:02When they picked me up I was delighted. I think I was one of the earlier picks in the
01:08draft and I was absolutely over the moon to be part of a new tournament. One that's got
01:14a really bright future. We can see already in its second season there's two new teams
01:18and it's doubled in length as well. I think the future is really bright for this T10 league.
01:26That's definitely one of the top three highlights of my career. Particularly as Sri Lanka went
01:33on to win the tournament and we needed to win that game to stay in. So to do it, to
01:37chase down 180 when I think we were none for two in the first over. To put a performance
01:42like that on was a day that I'll never forget.
01:49Very disappointed. I think I might be the only person to be dismissed on 99 in 50 overs
01:53in 2020. Not a great record to have but if someone offers you 99 at the start of the
01:58day you take it. But it was disappointing. One of them was at my home ground, Trent Bridge,
02:02against West Indies. To fall one run short was disappointing. But if someone offers you
02:0799 at the start of the day you probably take it.
02:14Very special. We were 1-0 down in the series heading into that game. It was a must-win
02:18game and I was batting at number four which is something I'd never done before in T20
02:22cricket. It was a bit of a new role but to get the team over the line and make it 1-0
02:26into the decider was a really special feeling.
02:31He's almost on a different planet at the moment. He's playing a different game. The way he's,
02:37even in the test matches in England on difficult batting pitches, he's made it look very easy
02:41and at the moment I'd say he's head and shoulders above anyone. He's at a different level, especially
02:46across all three formats, which is something that's really tough to do.
02:53We're on the right path definitely. Since 2015 we've played some really good cricket
02:57and I think at the moment we're ranked number one. I think it's probably as good a chance
03:00as we'll ever have in 50-over cricket but you can't write off teams like India. You
03:04probably can't write off any teams in the world actually. They'll be out to get us.