#5 Alex Hales
The other English opening batsman Alex Hales is no less than Jason Roy in terms of hitting the ball real hard. Both of them together provide fast starts to their team which is one of the reasons why England has scored more than 300 runs in ODIs consistently.
The top two ODI scores now belong to England with Hales contributing massively in them. In second highest total of 443/3 against Pakistan in 2016, Alex Hales scored 171 off 122 balls and got out in the 37th over. In the match where they achieved the highest score of 481/6 against Australia this year, Hales scored 147 off just 92 balls. What is interesting to note is that in this match Hales came one down to bat in the 20th over when Jason Roy got out. Even then, he could achieve this score.
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