England’s Alex Hales smashes 77 off just 45 balls as the World Cup winner goes top of the Big Bash League’s run-chart in style as Sydney Thunder thrash Hobart Hurricanes in Albury
- Alex Hales has crunched his way to the top of the Big Bash League’s run-chart
- The England World Cup-winning opener bludgeoned a 45-ball 77 on Saturday
- Hales took his competition run tally to 245 before being caught on the boundary
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Alex Hales crunched his way to the top of the Big Bash League’s run chart on Saturday with a 45-ball 77 as English players closed a World Cup-winning 2022 in style.
Hales, a member of England’s victorious Twenty20 team on Australian soil in mid-November, took his competition tally of runs to 245 before being caught on the boundary from the first ball of the final over.
His aggressive innings helped home team Sydney Thunder pile up 228 for six, the BBL’s fourth highest total, putting them on course for a huge 62-run victory over Hobart Hurricanes in Albury.
England opener Alex Hales crunched his way to the top of the Big Bash League’s run chart on Saturday with a 45-ball 77 as English players closed a World Cup-winning 2022 in style
Then Lancashire left-armer Luke Wood (pictured, left) comfortably defended 17 off the final over to deny Adelaide Strikers and silence a huge home crowd
Then, in the second match of a New Year’s Eve double header, Lancashire left-armer Luke Wood comfortably defended 17 off the final over to deny Adelaide Strikers and silence a huge home crowd.
Joe Clarke, Hales’ opening partner at Nottinghamshire, became only the second batter behind Hales to reach 200 for the season during his 42 off 32 deliveries to set the platform for Melbourne Stars.
And a contribution of 74 from Marcus Stoinis, punctuated by six sixes, rendered new Worcestershire signing Adam Hose’s unbeaten 56 a losing effort on what was nevertheless another day on which English talent prospered down under.
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