Edward Abel

Personal information
Full name Edward Abel
Born 30 January 1988 (1988-01-30) (age 24)
Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Batting style Left-handed
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
Domestic team information
Years Team
2008–2010 Oxford UCCE/MCCU
2005–2010 Wiltshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 5
Runs scored 154
Batting average 30.80
100s/50s –/1
Top score 60
Balls bowled –
Wickets –
Bowling average –
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling –
Catches/stumpings 4/–
Source: Cricinfo, 26 December 2011

Edward Abel (born 30 January 1988) is an English cricketer. Abel is a left-handed batsman who bowls slow left-arm orthodox. He was born at Salisbury, Wiltshire.

Abel made his debut for Wiltshire in the 2005 Minor Counties Championship against Oxfordshire[1] and in that same season he made his MCCA Knockout Trophy debut against Buckinghamshire.[2] He later attended Oxford Brookes University, while studying there he made his first-class debut for Oxford UCCE against Middlesex. He made two further appearances for Oxford UCCE in 2008 and another in 2009, before making a final first-class appearance for the team, which was now called Oxford MCCU following a change in name for the 2010 season. His final appearance came against Northamptonshire,[3] in which he made his only first-class fifty with a score of 60.[4] In his previous four first-class matches, Abel scored 94 runs at an average of 23.50, with a high score of 27 not out.[5]

Abel continued to play for Wiltshire during this period, making a total of twenty Minor Counties Championship appearances from 2005 to 2010,[1] and from 2005 to 2008 he made eight MCCA Knockout Trophy appearances.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Edward Abel". CricketArchive. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/80/80574/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html. Retrieved 26 December 2011. 
  2. ^ a b "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played by Edward Abel". CricketArchive. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/80/80574/Minor_Counties_Trophy_Matches.html. Retrieved 26 December 2011. 
  3. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Edward Abel". CricketArchive. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/80/80574/First-Class_Matches.html. Retrieved 26 December 2011. 
  4. ^ "Oxford MCCU v Northamptonshire, 2010". CricketArchive. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/262/262577.html. Retrieved 26 December 2011. 
  5. ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Edward Abel". CricketArchive. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/80/80574/f_Batting_by_Team.html. Retrieved 26 December 2011. 

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