Luke Wright smashed 153 not out off 66 balls for Sussex against Essex to become the fifth batsman to score 150 or more runs in a Twenty20 innings. Bharath Seervi lists the other stats and records of this innings and the match.
In the last match of the group stage of Twenty20 (T20) blast in England, Luke Wright smashed an unbeaten 153 off 66 balls to chase down a target of 226 against Essex at Chelmsford. This knock included 12 fours and 11 sixes in all. Wright reached his half century in 26 balls, his century in 47 balls and his 150 in 65 balls. He had scored another century a week ago on July 18 against Hampshire.
The inning by Wright is the fourth highest innings in T20 cricket. It is the fifth time a batsman scored 150 or more in an innings in shortest format of the game. Aaron Finch is the only one to do so in a T20I. Chris Gayle’s 175* off 66 balls is the highest score in T20s.
List of 150+ scores in T20 cricket
Runs (Balls)
Batsman
4s/6s
S/R
Team
Opposition
Venue
Date
175* (66)
C Gayle
13/17
265.15
RCB
PWI
Bangalore
April 23, 2013
158* (73)
B McCullum
10/13
216.43
KKR
RCB
Bangalore
April 18, 2008
156 (63)
A Finch
11/14
247.61
Australia
England
Southampton
August 29, 2013
153* (66)
L Wright
12/11
231.81
Sussex
Essex
Chelmsford
July 25, 2014
152* (58)
G Napier
10/16
262.06
Essex
Sussex
Chelmsford
June 24, 2008
This was Wright’s fourth century in T20 cricket. Only three others have scored more T20 centuries than him. Below is the table listing batsmen, who have scored three or more T20 centuries.
Most centuries in T20 cricket
100s
Batsman
Country
I
R
Ave
50s
HS
Inns/100
12
Chris Gayle
WI
173
6347
42.31
51
175*
14.42
5
David Warner
Aus
178
5216
32.39
41
135*
35.60
5
Brendon McCullum
NZ
189
5443
32.2
34
158*
37.80
4
Luke Wright
Eng
179
4432
27.52
26
153*
44.75
3
Ian Harvey
Aus
52
1470
31.27
8
109
17.33
3
Hamilton Masakadza
Zimb
85
2633
35.58
25
103
28.33
3
Ahmed Shazhad
Pak
91
2630
30.58
19
113*
30.33
3
Adam Gilchrist
Aus
102
2622
27.03
16
109*
34.00
3
Richard Levi
SA
109
2556
25.56
18
117*
36.33
Wright scored his first century in T20 cricket in 2007 against Kent. His two other centuries were — 117 for Melbourne Stars against Hobart Hurricanes in Big Bash League (BBL) 2012 and 116 not out for Sussex against Hampshire a week ago.
Luke Wright’s four T20 centuries
Runs
Balls
4s
6s
Team
Opposition
Venue
Date
Result
103
45
11
6
Sussex
Kent
Canterbury
June 2, 2007
Won
117
60
8
9
Melbourne Stars
Hobart Hurricanes
Hobart
January 9, 2012
Won
116*
66
13
4
Sussex
Hampshire
Southampton
July 18, 2014
Lost
153*
66
12
11
Sussex
Essex
Chelmsford
July 25, 2014
Won
Wright became the ninth player to score two centuries in a single T20 tournament or series. In the first innings of the recent Essex-Sussex encounter, Tom Westley scored 109 off 58 balls which was his second century of the tournament. Thus Westley and Wright are eighth and ninth to reach this feat. The complete list of players scoring two or more centuries in a single T20 tournament or series is as follows.
Batsmen scoring two centuries in a single T20 tournament
Player
Team
Tournament
Year
Cameron White
Somerset
Twenty20 Cup (England)
2006
Jimmy Adams
Hampshire
Friends Life t20 (England)
2010
Chris Gayle
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Indian Premier League (India)
2011
David Warner
NSW
Champions League T20 (India)
2011
Chris Gayle
Barisal Burners
Bangladesh Premier League (Bangladesh)
2012
Unmukt Chand
Delhi
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (India)
2013
Craig Simmons
Perth Scorchers
Big Bash League (Australia)
2014
Tom Westley
Essex
T20 Blast (England)
2014
Luke Wright
Sussex
T20 Blast (England)
2014
Wright managed to score 601 runs in the 14 innings he has played in the T20 Blast. He became only the second player to score over 600 runs in the domestic T20 tournament in England and 10th overall to do so. Only three times over 700 runs have been scored in a T20 tournament — all coming in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Gayle (2012) and Micheal Hussey (2013) both with 733 runs have scored the highest number of runs in a T20 tournament. Among the top 10, eight are from the IPL and other two from the domestic T20 tournament in England.
Most runs in a T20 tournament (600 or more)
Batsman
Team
Tournament
I
R
HS
Ave
SR
100s
50s
C Gayle
RCB
IPL 2012
14
733
128*
61.08
160.74
1
7
M Hussey
CSK
IPL 2013
17
733
95
52.35
129.50
0
6
C Gayle
RCB
IPL 2013
16
708
175*
59.00
156.29
1
4
J Adams
Hampshire
Friend Provident T20 2010
19
668
101*
39.29
132.27
2
2
R Uthappa
KKR
IPL 2014
16
660
83*
44.00
137.78
0
5
V Kohli
RCB
IPL 2013
16
634
99
45.28
138.73
0
6
S Tendulkar
MI
IPL 2010
15
618
89*
47.53
132.61
0
5
S Marsh
KXIP
IPL 2008
11
616
115
68.44
139.68
1
5
C Gayle
RCB
IPL 2011
12
608
107
67.55
183.13
2
3
L Wright
Sussex
T20 Blast 2014
14
601
153*
50.08
162.43
2
3
The above list may include some more names by the end of the ongoing T20 tournament in England as batsmen like Jason Roy who has 567 runs, Westley (525 runs) and Jim Allenby (510 runs) will play in the quarter-finals and further rounds of the tournament if their respective teams qualify.
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