SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND - JULY 12: Luke Wright of Sussex bats during the Vitality Blast match between Hampshire and Sussex Sharks at The Ageas Bowl on July 12, 2018 in Southampton, England. (Photo by Dan Istitene/Getty Images) T20 Blast: Luke Wright becomes the tournament’s first player to score 5000 runs. The 37-year-old now has 5026 runs in 180 matches at a strike rate of 148.47 and an average of 32.84.
English all-rounder Luke Wright became the first player in English T20 Blast history to reach 5000 runs when he scored 46 against Glamorgan at the Sophia Gardens in Cardiff.
This season, the former England international has struggled for consistency, scoring 158 runs in eight matches at a strike rate of 129.50. His 46-run knock against Glamorgan was his highest score of the season, but Sussex lost the game by four wickets, their seventh in ten matches this season. With only six points, they currently sit in eighth place in the league table.
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Luke Wright became the first player in English T20 Blast history to reach 5000 runs
Wright join the Sharks in 2004 and was promoted to captain during the 2015-16 season. Sussex reached the knockout stages in five of his seven years as captain, including two finals. He step down as captain before the season began, and was replaced by veteran all-rounder Ravi Bopara.
Wright has two years left on his Sussex contract, but he is already considering a coaching career. He has already been named as New Zealand’s fourth coach for their upcoming Ireland tour next month.
The 37-year-old English batter now has scored 5026 runs in 180 matches at an average of 32.84 and a strike rate of 148.47 in the tournament’s history. Overall, he has scored 8526 runs in 344 domestic T20 matches with the help of seven centuries and 46 fifties.
He also played for England in T20I and ODI teams, but never in red-ball cricket. Wright was also a member of England’s T20 World Cup-winning squad under Paul Collingwood in 2010. He last appeared for the Three Lions in March 2014, scoring 759 runs in 51 T20Is at an average of 18.97 and a strike rate of 137.00 while also taking 18 wickets.
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