BBL playerOverseas2012-13 to 2023-24
AD Hales
Right-handed bat · Right-arm medium
AD Hales, a batter, played eight BBL seasons for four clubs.
The arrival
AD Hales's first BBL season was 2012-13, with Melbourne Renegades.
That first season brought 1 match and 20 runs. The best was still to come.
The peak
The high point with the bat was 2019-20, for Sydney Thunder: 587 runs at an average of 39.1, striking at 145.7 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 125.9, with 6 fifties, and a highest score of 85. There were three seasons of 300 runs or more in all (2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22).
Measured against the league around it, though, the most destructive season was 2020-21: 543 runs at a strike rate of 156.5, 29 runs per hundred balls quicker than the BBL as a whole that year.
Club by club
2012-13, Melbourne Renegades. 1 match and 20 runs.
2013-14, Adelaide Strikers. 7 matches and 144 runs.
2014-15, Hobart Hurricanes. 5 matches and 71 runs.
2019-20 to 2023-24, Sydney Thunder. 63 matches and 2,016 runs.
4 spells with four clubs in all. The longest was with Sydney Thunder, 2019-20 to 2023-24. 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19 are missing from the record: seasons without a BBL appearance.
How the runs came
Across the career, AD Hales struck at 144.5. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 125.3, so AD Hales scored about 19 runs per hundred balls faster than the typical batter of the time. 68% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 234 fours and 99 sixes.
The legacy
On the all-time BBL lists, among 526 players, AD Hales finished 16th for runs and 12th for sixes.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-13 (BBL|02) | Melbourne Renegades | 1 | 20 | 20 | 20.0 | 133.3 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2013-14 (BBL|03) | Adelaide Strikers | 7 | 144 | 49 | 20.6 | 148.4 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2014-15 (BBL|04) | Hobart Hurricanes | 5 | 71 | 34 | 14.2 | 118.3 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2019-20 (BBL|09) | Sydney Thunder | 17 | 587 | 85 | 39.1 | 145.7 | 6/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2020-21 (BBL|10) | Sydney Thunder | 15 | 543 | 110 | 38.8 | 156.5 | 3/1 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2021-22 (BBL|11) | Sydney Thunder | 13 | 383 | 80* | 31.9 | 142.9 | 2/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2022-23 (BBL|12) | Sydney Thunder | 9 | 245 | 77 | 30.6 | 136.1 | 3/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2023-24 (BBL|13) | Sydney Thunder | 9 | 258 | 72 | 28.7 | 137.2 | 1/0 | – | – | – | 0 |
Franchise journey
- Melbourne Renegades: 2012-13
- Adelaide Strikers: 2013-14
- Hobart Hurricanes: 2014-15
- Sydney Thunder: 2019-20 to 2023-24
Sources
- CricArcade BBL season statistics