(BBC) Pace bowler Chris Woakes says he would be happy to see Alex Hales return to the England side.
Batsman Hales has not played for England since being removed from the World Cup squad in May 2019 for an “off-field incident”, reportedly failing a drugs test.
With a revamped schedule likely to be congested, necessitating separation between the Test and limited-overs squads, England could call on 31-year-old Hales, who averages almost 38 in 70 one-day internationals.
Woakes, 31, was among the England bowlers who returned to training on Thursday, at his home ground of Edgbaston.
As part of the protocols put in place by the England and Wales Cricket Board, Woakes was required to take his own temperature, enter information into an app, arrive at the ground in his training kit and wash his hands before the session began.
