Sean Abbott

Sean Abbott

Abbott with Sydney Thunder in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Sean Anthony Abbott
Born	(1992-02-29) 29 February 1992 (age 25) Windsor, New South Wales, Australia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm fast-medium
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	Australia (2014)
Only ODI (cap 205)	7 October 2014 v Pakistan
T20I debut (cap 68)	5 October 2014 v Pakistan
Last T20I	9 November 2014 v South Africa
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2010–present	New South Wales (squad no. 77)
2011–2013	Sydney Thunder (squad no. 77)
2013–present	Sydney Sixers (squad no. 77)
2015	Royal Challengers Bangalore
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA Matches 1 3 31 39 Runs scored 3 5 615 465 Batting average 3.00 5.00 14.64 20.21 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/1 0/1 Top score 3 5 58 50 Balls bowled 30 36 4,580 1,630 Wickets 1 1 77 58 Bowling average 25.00 46.00 33.75 23.87 5 wickets in innings 0 0 1 0 10 wickets in match n/a n/a 0 n/a Best bowling 1/25 1/17 6/14 4/36 Catches/stumpings 0/– 2/– 14/– 17/–
Source: CricketArchive, 18 May 2016

Sean Anthony Abbott (born 29 February 1992) is an Australian professional cricketer originally from Windsor in New South Wales who has represented his country internationally. After playing in junior cricket for Baulkham Hills Cricket Club, he progressed to play grade cricket for Parramatta District. Abbott is an all-rounder who bats right-handed and bowls right hand fast-medium pace.

He made his List A debut for New South Wales against Western Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground on 17 October 2010 in the 2010–11 Ryobi One-Day Cup, but neither bowled nor batted in the match. He made his first-class cricket debut exactly one year later, against South Australia at the Adelaide Oval.

Abbott has played for Parramatta and Sydney University in the Sydney Grade Cricket competition and both of the Sydney teams in the Big Bash League, the Sydney Thunder in the 2011–12 and 2012–13 seasons and the Sydney Sixers in 2013–14.

He made his Twenty20 International debut for Australia against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates on 5 October 2014. Two days later, he made his One Day International debut, also against Pakistan in the UAE. He then played in two more Twenty20 matches for Australia against South Africa in early November 2014.

During a Sheffield Shield match on 25 November 2014, Abbott bowled a bouncer that hit Phillip Hughes on the neck. Hughes died two days later at St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, as a result of a vertebral artery dissection, leading to subarachnoid haemorrhage. Many of the condolence messages included support for Abbott. He returned to training the day before Hughes' funeral, and returned to play against Queensland in a Sheffield Shield match starting on 8 December 2014, returning a match winning 6/14 in Queensland's second innings.