Alex Hales is the first Englishman to breach 10,000-club in Chris Gayle-led highest T20 run-scorers list
Alex Hales is the first Englishman to breach 10,000-club: With the T20 World Cup around the corner, everyone is busy with building a concrete squad before featuring on the big platform. At present, there are a lot of opportunities for players to polish their skills by playing the shortest format of the game, thanks to the franchise tournaments. The English league, ‘the Hundred’ has no exception.
The English league, ‘the Hundred’ is providing a great platform for the batsmen. They enjoy a run-fest there. England opener Alex Hales is serving the Trent Rockers in this tournament. Hales is making enough noise with his bat about his comeback to the international circuit.
Alexander Daniel Hales was born on the 3rd of January in the year 1989. Hales is an English cricket player. He holds the role of a right-handed opening batsman. He is playing for Nottinghamshire. Hales made his One Day International debut in a match against India in August 2014. He made his Test cricket debut in a match against South Africa in December 2015. Hales is the first English batsman who scored a T20I century. He is the first batsman to be dismissed for 99 in a One Day International and a T20 International.
During his five innings so far, Hales went on to register 199 runs off 119 deliveries. He holds the fourth spot in The Hundred’s highest run tally. The top three positions are also held by English batsmen. Dawid Malan is at the top of the table with 241 runs credited to his name. Jos Buttler stands at second. Will Jacks is in the third position scoring 203 and 201 runs respectively.
The English League, The Hundred, has considered T20s while they prepared the tally of the highest run-scorers in this format. The tally shows Alex Hales to be the first English batsman to join the elite club of 10,000 T20 runs after his impressive 29-ball 59 against the Oval Invincibles on 17 August. He has scored 10,044 runs so far. He stands in the 8th position on the all-time list. The list boasts players like Gayle, Shoaib Malik, David Warner, Kieron Pollard, Aron Finch, Virat Kohli, and Rohit Sharma ahead of him.
The statistics were shared on the official Twitter handle of ESPNCricinfo. The caption of the post states,
“Can anyone catch Chris Gayle on this list? Just look at those numbers,”
The list highlights the outstanding figure of Chris Gayle who is at the top of the tally with 14,562 runs. During his illustrated career, he was a part of various teams in different franchise tournaments. His bat has produced enormous runs irrespective of the teams and leagues that he has played for.
Meanwhile, the England Cricket Board (ECB) is in talks about their opening pair for the upcoming T20 World Cup. A series of disappointing performances from their opener Jason Roy has become an issue of concern for the selectors. Amid the scenario, the consistency of Alex Hales in the Hundred can provide relief to them.