Morgan reveals 'breakdown in trust' between Hales and teammates

In learning of the news, England's ODI captain called a meeting between senior England players to discuss how best to deal with the situation, with the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 launching later this month. The decision was made earlier this week to de-select Hales from England's provisional CWC squad, which has been far from ideal preparation for the highest-ranked team in the MRF Tyres ICC ODI Team Rankings.

"Everybody in the senior players’ meeting agreed the best decision for the team and culture was for Alex to be de-selected. We don’t make the final call; I communicated this to Ashley Giles (England's Director of Cricket) and the decision was made," Morgan told Test Match Special.

Both Morgan and Giles have not closed the door on Hales making an international return, but the former has called for him to seek support from trusted organisations if he is to earn a recall in the future. “It’s very important that Alex uses the support that’s around him from the ECB and PCA to turn things around,” he added.

Morgan believes that it was important to uphold values held by the team. He said: “I found out on Friday when the news broke, took a bit of time to think about the impact it would have on the team – in particular the culture – and decided to meet up with a group of senior players to discuss the impact it would have."

“We’ve worked very hard over the last 18 months to establish our culture and work towards values that every team across all formats can adhere to, respect and relate to. We’ve been at that stage for six or seven months now.

"This news broke, and there’s been a complete disregard for these values and a breakdown in trust between Alex and the team.

Tournament hosts England will launch the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 against South Africa on May 30.