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ALLOW PLAYERS TO ESCAPE THE BUBBLE
I CAN’T get the least bit bothered about Alex Hales being removed from the England squad for taking recreational drugs.
For me, the operative word here is ‘recreational’ drug as Hales clearly had no intention, or any desire, to improve his own individual performance on the field. It is sad that modern-day sportsmen are forced to live in such a goldfish bowl – I wonder how tourists like Denis Compton and...