Thursday, September 19, 2024

Sydney Thunder: Hales crowned BKT Golden Bat

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The Sydney Thunder is an Australian professional cricket team competing in the Big Bash League (BBL). Based at Sydney Showground Stadium, the Thunder, along with the Sydney Sixers, succeeded the New South Wales Blues from the defunct KFC Twenty20 Big Bash.

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Big-hitting Englishman finishes BBL|10 as the tournament’s leading run-scorer

Sydney Thunder star Alex Hales has crowned a memorable KFC Big Bash League season by winning the BKT Golden Bat award.

The BKT Golden Bat is awarded to the leading run-scorer at the end of the tournament.

Hales scored 543 runs, including a highest score of 110 from 56 balls against the Sydney Sixers.

Sixers’ openers James Vince (537) and Josh Philippe (508) rounded out the top three leading run-scorers.

The big-hitting Englishman achieved that at a strike-rate of 161.61, the best among the top 25 run-scorers. He also pocketed the record for the most sixes in a single season with 30 maximums.

This award caps off a remarkable season for Hales who was voted the second-best player of the tournament by match umpires and named in the official Team of the Tournament.

Since joining the Thunder Nation ahead of BBL|09, Hales has scored 1,119 runs at 38.58 and a strike-rate of 153.70.

He is third all-time leading BBL run-scorer for the club, behind Usman Khawaja (1,718) and Callum Ferguson (1,325).

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