Alex Hales discovered the perils of being an England international playing in Australian grade cricket when he was subjected to a sustained spell of short bowling - and seemingly a few verbals - by Melbourne University CC.Hales has been turning out for Melbourne side Fitzroy Doncaster and has done pretty well, with innings of 42 off 27 and 66 off 40 from four T20 appearances. But footage of a less-successful outing has appeared on Melbourne Universitys YouTube page.Fitzroy Doncaster batted second in the Victoria Premier match on November 27, chasing a target of 111, and Hales managed just 5 off 10 balls. He faced at least four bouncers from MUCC opening bowler Steven Reid, before slicing a drive off Mark Stafford at the other end, although Fitzroy Doncaster still went on to win the match.Hales chose to return to Melbourne, where he has previously played for Dandenong and Croyden, to get in some practice ahead of Englands limited-overs tour of India in January. Hales had not played since Englands series with Pakistan in September, having opted out of their recent tour of Bangladesh due to security concerns.I wanted to get some cricket in and some training done outdoors before the one-day trip to India so I figured I best come out here and do something rather than be in an indoor training centre or the gym back home, he told the Manningham Leader. Its a good chance to get some miles in the legs and games in before the tour in January.Although Hales was dropped from the Test side after the Pakistan series, he said he had hopes of being involved again when England return to Australia next year for the 2017-18 Ashes.Ive still got ambitions to get back into the team, hopefully I can have a good summer next year and try and get back in it for the Ashes here next year, Hales said. If hes successful, he can doubtless expect a few more bouncers to come his way. Xavier Sua-Filo Jersey . 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Weve got to be strong mentally now and just push through these things.Whether or not he gets the start against Arizona or if Gulutzan chooses to go back to netminder Brian Elliott, Johnson said the Flames have to bring the same intensity and focus to playing the Coyotes that they had against the Wild.You have to sort of refocus and you cant get too high or too low, said Johnson. Well just have to enjoy now as quickly as possible and then refocus for tomorrow, so itll be a tough game.The win over the Wild snapped a four-game losing streak for the Flames, who were without the services of Gaudreau late in the third period.I dont have any update on Johnny, said Gulutzan. I know he took a couple of slashes ... well see when I talk to the guys, how he is.Meanwhile, the Coyotes (5-9-0) havent played since dropping a 2-1 decision to tthe Boston Bruins at home on Saturday night.ddddddddddddThey received some good news on Tuesday when coach Dave Tippett said he expects that center Martin Hanzal and goalie Mike Smith will return to action during their quick road trip to play the Flames in Calgary on Wednesday and the Canucks in Vancouver the next night.Theyre both going to accompany us on the trip, Tippett told Fox Sports Arizona on Tuesday. Both of them had a good, hard practise again today. If there are no repercussions tomorrow morning and theyre ready to go, well put em in.Smith hasnt played since Oct. 18 -- a span of 12 games -- since sustaining an injury to his left knee, while Hanzal has missed the past six contests with an upper-body injury.Theyre two good veteran players, said Tippett, while noting that the plan is for Smith and fellow goalie Louis Domingue to split the two games on the road trip. Anytime you get your No. 1 goalie back, that gives your club a boost. And Marty Hanzal, we know the importance he has on our team as a centerman just to stabilize us in that position.To make room for Hanzal and Smith on the roster, the Coyotes assigned rookie center Christian Dvorak and goalie Justin Peters to the Tucson Roadrunners of the American Hockey League on Tuesday.If the Coyotes want to climb out of last place in the Western Conference, theyll have to find a way to replicate the success that the Flames had on the road against the Wild.We need to raise our desperation and compete, defenseman Connor Murphy said. We need to turn it around before things slip away from us. ' ' '