Sussex Sharks name Luke Wright as captain for NatWest T20 Blast campaign
Tuesday 24 February 2015 09:46, UK
Luke Wright will captain the Sussex Sharks in this season’s NatWest T20 Blast campaign.
The 29-year-old signed a new contract at the County Ground in November which will see him stay with the Sharks until at least the end of the 2018 season.
Wright has played over 50 times for England in T20 cricket and last season hit 601 runs for Sussex in the NatWest T20 Blast, including 153 not out from 66 balls against Essex to lead the Sharks to a world-record run chase at Chelmsford.
He has a wealth of T20 experience from all around the globe having represented Melbourne Stars in Australia’s Big Bash and Pune Warriors in the Indian Premier League, while he has also featured in the domestic T20 tournaments in Bangladesh and New Zealand.
“It is a huge honour to captain the T20 team for this great club and the club I love,” Wright said.
“I am really excited about putting my stamp on the T20 side and hopefully get Sussex back to where we should be, which is competing for trophies.
“We made some exciting new signings this winter and there are some very talented younger players really improving so I am very excited about what this season could bring.”
Sussex’s professional cricket manager Mark Robinson said Wright was a proven international player whose captaincy would allow Test and one-day captain Ed Joyce to “recharge his batteries mentally in what is a busy period of the summer”.
