Tom Abell
Abell representing Somerset in 2015.
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| Full name | Thomas Benjamin Abell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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5 March 1994 Taunton, Somerset, England |
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| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Top order batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2014–present | Somerset (squad no. 28) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First-class debut | 15 August 2014 Somerset v Warwickshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| List A debut | 29 July 2015 Somerset v Durham | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: CricketArchive, 24 April 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thomas Benjamin Abell (born 5 March 1994) is an English cricketer who plays for Somerset County Cricket Club.
Primarily a right-handed batsman, he also bowls right-arm medium pace. Abell enjoyed a prolific cricket record while at Taunton School, where in 2012 he accumulated seven centuries and passed 50 in every innings he played at an average of 193, and he was named 2013 Young Wisden Schools Cricketer of the Year. He made his Somerset first-class debut against Warwickshire in August 2014, scoring 95 in his first innings. He has also been appointed Somerset's County Championship skipper for the 2017 season.
Abell was born in Taunton, and educated at the independent Taunton School. He made his debut for the Taunton School's 1st XI side aged 14, where he became the youngest cricketer at the school to reach the 1000-run landmark at the age of just 16. By the time he left school he had scored a record 3,630 runs for the first XI, and as captain of the first team he finished the 2012 season with 1,156 runs at an average of 193 accumulating seven centuries and passing 50 in every innings he played, and also took 19 wickets average of 15. His performances led him to be named 2013 Young Wisden Schools Cricketer of the Year, and received the Wetherell Award, presented by The Cricket Society to the leading all rounder in School’s Cricket, in 2012. As well as starring for the Taunton School cricket team, he also captained the school hockey team to a second consecutive undefeated season, and also represented the school rugby, rugby sevens and indoor hockey, in which the school reached the semi-finals at the national finals. His all-round sporting successes led him to be nominated for "Male Pupil of the Year" at the Aviva/Telegraph School Sport Matters Awards, where he finished as runner-up to British Olympic diver Tom Daley. While at school he also had a trial for the England men's national hockey team at under-16 level.
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