England's big-stage opener and 2022 T20 World Cup winner. Towering, brutal hitting and one of franchise cricket's most travelled run-machines.
Pull it in a LAKR pack · from $45Sold only in packs: every card in a pack is a random player from the squad.England's first T20I centurion and 2022 World Cup winner, now an MLC opener with the Knight Riders.
2008 — 2026 · in 3 chaptersOut of the England under-19s and Nottinghamshire, he became England's first T20I centurion in 2014 and set the England ODI record of 171 in 2016.
3 moments ▾After England under-19 cricket in the summer of 2008, he made his List A debut for Nottinghamshire against Leicestershire that May. His first-class debut followed against Somerset in September 2008.
WikipediaAt the 2014 World T20 in Chittagong he made 116 not out as England chased down Sri Lanka, their highest successful T20I chase and the first T20I century by an Englishman.
ESPNcricinfoAt Trent Bridge he made 171, an England ODI record, as England piled up 444-3, the highest total in one-day internationals at that time. The page does not give his balls faced.
The NationalA late call-up in 2022, he helped England win the T20 World Cup, then retired from internationals in 2023 to play franchise T20.
2 moments ▾Hales hit 86 not out off 47 balls and Jos Buttler 80 not out as they shared an unbroken 170 opening stand at Adelaide, taking England into the final by 10 wickets. England went on to win the tournament.
Sporting LifeIn August 2023 he announced his retirement from international cricket to focus on franchise and domestic T20 cricket. The page gives the month only.
WikipediaHe signed with the Knight Riders in 2025 and reached 500 T20 matches in MLC; in 2026 he was part of the squad that won the club's first title.
3 moments ▾Aged 36, he agreed to play for Los Angeles Knight Riders in MLC and Trinbago Knight Riders in the CPL, giving up the T20 Blast and The Hundred and not returning to Nottinghamshire that summer.
ESPNcricinfoOpening for Knight Riders against Seattle Orcas at Grand Prairie he reached 500 T20 matches (13,730 runs, 7 hundreds at that point) but was out for 1; LAKR won by six wickets.
India TVNamed in the LAKR 2026 squad, listed as a reserve on the 28 June squad list for the Seattle game and outside MLC's top-20 run scorers. Matches played could not be confirmed. LAKR won the title, beating Washington by 1 run in the final on 18 July.
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