Stats: Alex Hales blazes a 95-run knock off 30 balls in the NatWest T20 Blast

Alex Hales continued his devastating form in the NatWest T20 Blast as he struck 95 off just 30 balls against Durham as Nottinghamshire chased down the target of 184 runs in just 13.5 overs. Hales was unbeaten on 35 off 14 balls when rain interrupted their chase after 4.1 overs with the scoreboard reading 55/0. The rain break couldn’t obstruct the momentum of Hales’ innings as he hit three back to back fours after coming back.

In the 6th over, Hales took apart Ryan Pringle for 28 runs; it read- 2, 4, 6, 6, 4 and 6 as his side raced to 106 runs in the powerplay overs. The right-hander struck 3 sixes off Cameroon Steel in the following over to push on to 95. But his blistering innings with 9 fours and 9 sixes came to an end when he was caught behind off James Weighell.

Here we look at some of major stats and records created during Nottingham’s innings.

9 – Number of sixes Alex Hales hit in the innings; the joint-most by a Nottinghamshire player in England domestic Twenty20 game. Mark Ealham also hit 9 sixes vs Yorkshire in 2004.

13.3 – Nottinghamshire’s run rate of 13.3 is the third highest in a Twenty20 game for any team which has scored over 150 runs. RCB maintained a run rate of 14.06 in their game against KXIP in 2016 and ended up scoring 211/3 in 15 overs while Netherlands had a run rate of 13.95 during the chase as they scored 193/4 in just 13.5 overs.

34 – The fastest century in Twenty20 cricket in England is off 34 balls by Andrew Symonds in 2004 for Kent against Middlesex. Hales needed just 5 runs from 4 balls but he was caught behind on the 30th ball he faced in his innings. Only Chris Gayle’s 31-ball century is faster than Symonds’ hundred in Twenty20 cricket.

37 – Balls remaining in Nottinghamshire’s innings when they chase down the 184-run target; the joint-biggest margin of victory while chasing an 180+ target in Twenty20 cricket. Netherlands also needed 13.5 overs for chasing down the 190-run target vs Ireland in 2014 WT20.

94.74 – Percentage of runs Alex Hales scored in boundaries; the 3rd highest percentage or runs scored in boundaries in a Twenty20 inning. (Min: 75 runs scored) Mukul Dagar (96.97%) scored 96 out of 99* for Haryana against Punjab in 2010 while Suresh Raina (96.55) scored 84 runs in boundaries during his 87-run knock for CSK against KXIP in 2014.

106 – Runs Nottinghamshire have scored in the 6 overs of the powerplay; the most in a Twenty20 innings where ball by ball data is available. Nottingham went past Kolkata Knight Riders’ 105 which was recorded in the recent IPL against Royal Challengers Bangalore.

316.66 – Alex Hales’ strike rate of 316.66 in this knock is the 2nd highest in a 50+ innings in the English domestic T20 competition. Daniel Christian had a strike rate of 337.5 during his unbeaten knock of 54 from 16 balls against Leicestershire last year for Nottinghamshire.