London, May 28 -- : England ODI skipper Eoin Morgan said that opening batsman Alex Hales would "might take some time" to return to the team after he was axed from England's World Cup squad last summer for failing a second test for recreational drug use.

According to World-Cup winning captain, Hales broke the trust of the side which was "extremely dramatic".

"Alex is in a unique position, probably a position that nobody else has found themselves in before. On the cusp of a World Cup, the huge breakdown in trust between him and the players was extremely dramatic, given the circumstances surrounding the four years [between World Cups] and the build-up, and the way that things unfolded," ESPNcricinfo quoted Morgan as saying.

"It's obviously ...