Notts Outlaws’ leading T20 run-scorer of all time, Alex Hales, has signed a one-year white-ball contract extension. 

The deal will take the top-order batter - who has scored 4,687 runs in the shortest format for Notts - into his 17th professional season at Trent Bridge. 

In that period, the World Cup winner has amassed an enviable white-ball record, twice winning the Vitality Blast with the Outlaws whilst appearing in franchise tournaments around the globe.

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“I’m really looking forward to playing my part in another Vitality Blast campaign for Notts,” Hales said. 

“We’re cultivating a team here which I believe will be very capable of competing for silverware for a long time, and I am keen to help the club in that journey. 

“Hopefully I can set the tone with the bat and pass some experience on to those coming through.

“I’m particularly excited to see how we can kick on in 2024 with Joe Clarke as captain. He’ll be a great leader and, with him, we will be well-placed to press our case again this year.”

Hales has four of the top eight contributions in a single season for Notts in the Vitality Blast, scoring eight fifties and one century in the last three seasons alone.

That was one of two tons mustered by the 34-year-old for the Outlaws, with the first coming in 2017 when Notts won their first domestic T20 trophy. 

He has scored more runs than anyone for Sydney Thunder in the Big Bash League, having also recently represented Jamaica Tallawahs in the Caribbean Premier League, Islamabad United in the Pakistan Super League, and Trent Rockets in The Hundred.

“Alex is a player with an unrivalled T20 record for Notts and an immense pedigree in the game, and any side with him in it is stronger as a result,” Head Coach, Peter Moores, said. 

“He’s got a wealth of experience that he can pass on to the rest of the group and he leads by example at the top of the order with the intent he displays.

“The greatest compliment I can pay him is that he’s the player our younger lads want to be around and bat with, because of what he’s achieved in the game and what they can learn from him.

“We’ve bolstered our batting line up with the addition of Will Young, which, alongside other signings and the existing talent we have at Notts, presents us with exciting top-order options for 2024.”

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