England coach Trevor Bayliss has revealed that he is worried
about the future of Alex Hales after his decision to retire from red-ball
cricket. There have been repercussions for the Englishman after he took the
decision as he failed to secure deals in the Caribbean Premier League and the
Indian Premier League.
And England coach Trevor Bayliss is hoping that his decision
doesn’t cost him in the long run as playing the longer format of the game helps
a batsman improve his game.
“I said to him that hopefully it doesn’t affect him
[badly],” Bayliss said.
“If he plays red-ball cricket, he gets a quantity of balls,”
Bayliss said. “That helps with any form of the game. He had to weigh that up
with going away and having the extra time to work on his white-ball skills.
Only time will tell. If it doesn’t work, hopefully he is able to make a
decision to come back into red-ball cricket.”
He then compared the current situation of England with that
of West Indies as the latter’s players’ also prefer playing the short formats
over the longer ones.
“In a way, we are catching up with the rest of the world
with these decisions. Somewhere like the West Indies a lot of their players
have made that decision. It’s becoming a way of the world. Some will get it
right, some wrong.”