Top 10 English ODI openers of all time

#8 Alex Hales

The 6 feet 5 inches tall grandson of tennis player Dennis Hales, Alex Hales, emerged as an aggressive opening batsman when he made his ODI debut in 2014 against India.

Ben Stokes' alleged partner in Bristol brawl, Hales opened the innings in 48 ODIs and scored 1,796 runs at an average of 39.04.

The man who scored five tons and 10 fifties tormented Pakistan to score his highest ODI score of 171 in a 2016 white-ball game.

Hales struck 22 fours and four sixes in a 122-ball blitz at Trent Bridge, beating Robin Smith's 23-year-old record of highest score by an England batsman in ODIs.