Hales hopes to follow Warner's lead

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AS incoming chairman of selectors James Whitaker surveys England's Ashes wreckage there will be a new temptation to fight fire with fire.

Whitaker, from January 1, will be casting an eye not just for express pace offered by project quick Tymal Mills but also for the box office hits offered by Nottinghamshire and Adelaide Strikers opener Alex Hales.

Hales is plotting to emulate David Warner's all-conquering path from Twenty20 hit-man to Test entertainer. Twenty20's No. 1 ranked international batsman wants more.

Warner - who cut his teeth in the cut and thrust of T20 - has become the prototype for success across all forms.

"He is obviously an incredibly talented player and to adapt as he has done is fantastic. I would love to be able to do the same, I have a lot of hard work to do," said Hales of No. 5 ranked T20 hitter Warner, also with 457 Ashes runs at 91.

Hales, 24, is the odd-man out in the world's top 10 Twenty20 batsmen - still to bed down a Test or one-day berth for England.

The strapping opener broke the 1000-run, first-class barrier for Notts. in 2011 and followed up with 857 in 2012. Hales' first-class form fell away this season but maintains he has the proficiency to succeed across the longer forms.

"I have to keep doing well in the T20 side. I feel I have the technical side, definitely. If it goes well in the Big Bash League for the Strikers and the Indian Premier League, I don't see why not," said Hales, who fell one run short of England's inaugural Twenty20 ton against the West Indies in June last year at home ground Trent Bridge.

"I didn't have a particularly good year for Notts. but this is a new season coming up and a lot of cricket coming up in our winter."

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Standing 195cm, Hales is one England batsman to escape the carnage caused by Mitchell Johnson's 150km/h ferocity this summer.

Hales crashed 94 runs off 61 balls in England's 27-run victory over Australia at Chester-le-Street in August. However, he empathised with the plight of Johnson's 23 Ashes victims in three Tests.

"He has some great rhythm going at the moment. I faced a bit of him in the Twenty20 series, he is bowling exceptionally quick and it is not particularly pleasant," said Hales of spearhead Johnson.

"Johnson has been outstanding, I don't think it is anything poor in the English batting but Johnson has been a class above everyone."

Alastair Cook's Ashes unit is reeling from 3-0 scoreline that has shocked the cricket world.

Reputations and the old England order have been scorched in a Test side that held firm through four years of Ashes rule.

Regardless, Hales predicts England can lift from the canvas in Melbourne's Boxing Day Test and avoid the 5-0 whitewash Andrew Flintoff's side experienced seven years ago.

"I didn't expect it to be this one-sided over here but it looks like the squad is going through a bit of rebuilding with younger guys coming through," said Hales, buoyed by the stunning maiden Test ton of all-rounder Ben Stokes in Perth.

"I knew it would be a lot closer than what it was in England, I don't think 3-0 was a fair reflection last series.

'It is going to be tough but I think they can win if they turn it up at the MCG and hopefully it won't be 5-0."

Hales' stint with Adelaide Strikers is the key springboard to the watershed 2014 he covets. Nottinghamshire will not release Hales for the IPL unless he's guaranteed an auction price exceeding $400,000. While Hales should command a lofty IPL price tag, his value will be influenced by BBL performance as Strikers paceman Kane Richardson found with a $700,000 Pune Warriors payday for a breakout 2012-13 BBL.

"The deal is if I go in the auction I have to go in the top bracket," said Hales.

"It is hugely important with the IPL auction coming up in January. It is a very big tournament for me and I think we have the squad that go could go all the way."

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