5 Top T20 specialists who are not playing international cricket anymore

The concept of becoming a T20 specialist without playing international cricket although might have sounded elusive but today it’s a prudent reality. There’s already a plethora of such players who have tenaciously upheld their livelihoods based on such a concept. Players like Brad Hodge, Michael Klinger, Chris Gayle etc were pioneers who had relished on this idea. But with the amount of opulence being available in the hands of the franchise leagues, making a viable career is an option even if you are a struggling international cricketer. Here’s our list of top 5 T20 specialists who are not playing international cricket.

5. Colin Munro

A left-handed batsman who could tower blazing sixes at the top for NZ made him an exquisite player for the shortest format. His T20I record whose inception had begun back in 2012 made him fetch 65 T20Is which also contains three hundred and eleven fifties. But after being from the team, Munro’s career can now be acculturated in the profusion of global T20 cricket. Out of his 278 matches in the T20 circuit, Munro has scored 6,752 runs which include four hundreds, forty-two fifties and 361 sixes.

4. Callum Ferguson

Undeniably, one of the customary white-ball batsmen who can accumulate both boundaries and sixes, Callum Ferguson’s batting was tailor-made for limited-overs cricket. His addition in Australia’s limited-overs setup had become definite until a knee injury brought despair back in 2009. Since then Callum Ferguson has been a vigorous candidate in Australia’s domestic setup. Unlike other T20I stars, he mainly plays in England and Australia’s T20 competitions. In his BBL record, he has scored 1774 runs from his 77 outings including eight fifties and a single hundred.

3. Samit Patel

A slow left-arm orthodox spinner and a muscular right-handed lower-order batsman makes Samit Patel a blazing aspirant in the shortest format. For a considerable amount of time, he was a part of England’s white-ball setup but inconsistency and fitness issues jolted his international career. Since then he has been an incredible asset who has been merrily recruited by most of the global T20 leagues. In his eventful T20 career, Patel has amassed 5205 runs with thirty fifties and 153 sixes.

2. Daniel Christian

An all-rounder who can fetch wickets with his functional medium pace bowling along with his ability to hit rooftop sixes makes him an exponential proposition in the context of global T20 cricket. With some reasonable appearances for Australia, Christian last played his T20I game back in 2017 against India. He has been an admirable commodity in Australia’s Big Bash League, especially during his stint with the Brisbane Heat. All in all, Christian has amassed more than five thousand runs in his T20 career including some 254 towering sixes.

1. Alex Hales

The advent of Alex Hales as a T20 specialist can be traced back to the times when England had abided by their T20 setup by instigating the likes of Michael Lumb, Craig Kieswetter, Luke Wright etc which also allowed them to unravel the concept of split captaincy. Since then Hales has been a formidable name when it comes to the shortest-format. His omission from England’s national squad has resurged him to commit full-time into playing major T20 leagues around the world. All in all, so far Hales has amassed 7,653 runs in his eventful T20 career, including a tally of 290 sixes.