Captain Stuart Broad has praised the contribution that Alex Hales made during England's seven-wicket win over the West Indies at Trent Bridge earlier today.
Hales recorded the highest score by an England batsman in the 20-over format before he was eventually clean bowled by Ravi Rampul for 99 runs.
Despite the disappointment of not reaching a century, Broad hailed the performance of the Nottinghamshire batsman in front of his home crowd.
"We did some really good things today. There are certain things we can improve on. West Indies hit it fantastically at the death," Broad told Sky Sports News.
"It was a competitive score although the wicket was pretty good and we were always pretty confident we could chase that and the way Alex Hales batted was absolutely fantastic.
"He was pretty distraught not to get 100 and the 20-odd thousand in Trent Bridge would have felt the same."
Hales has only represented England at Twenty20 level.
