Published: Sep 22, 2015, 07:13 PM (IST)
Edited: Sep 22, 2015, 07:13 PM (IST)
The BBC list of top ten County cricketers for 2015 has been revealed. Flamboyant English opener Alex Hales has topped the chart.
According to BBC, ‘after making his (Alex Hales’) name as a prodigious white-ball biffer, Alex Hales’ determination to prove himself in the first-class arena has delivered rich dividends in 2015.’
It adds, ‘Three scores over 180, including a career-best 236 against champions Yorkshire, have taken the 26-year-old beyond 1,000 runs in all competitions for the second season in a row, a staggering about-turn after a miserable 2013 which saw him dropped to the seconds with an average of just 13.’
The BBC report further says, ‘His dedication to improve his all-round game has now been rewarded with a call-up to England’s Test squad for the first time. On his day, there are few better players to watch and it’s heartening to find both the international selectors and the county broadcasters arriving on the same page at the same time.’
The others featuring in the top ten are Michael Klinger (Gloucestershire), Ashwell Prince (Lancashire), James Hildreth (Somerset), Luke Wright (Sussex), Johny Bairstow (Yorkshire), Zafar Ansari (Surrey), James Harris (Middlesex), Tom Curran (Surrey) and Jack Brooks (Yorkshire).
