Glen Abbott

For the baseball player, see Glenn Abbott.

Glen Abbott
Personal information
Full name
Glen Charles Abbott
Born(1969-12-02)2 December 1969
Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa
Died8 May 1993(1993-05-08) (aged 23)
Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingLeft-arm medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1988–1992Griqualand West
1990–1992Impalas
1992–1993Northern Transvaal
First-class debut2 December 1988 Griqualand West v Transvaal B
Last First-class9 January 1993 Northern Transvaal v Eastern Province
List A debut6 March 1990 Impalas v Western Province
Last List A19 March 1993 Northern Transvaal v Impalas
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 20 29
Runs scored 1,223 604
Batting average 38.21 30.20
100s/50s 3/5 0/2
Top score 127 68*
Balls bowled 89 –
Wickets 2 –
Bowling average 36.50 –
5 wickets in innings 0 –
10 wickets in match 0 –
Best bowling 2/0 –
Catches/stumpings 12/0 8/0
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 22 March 2020

Glen Charles Abbott (2 December 1969 – 8 May 1993) was a South African cricketer, who played for Griqualand West and Northern Tranvaal.[1] He previously played for the Tshwane University of Technology cricket club.[2]

Abbott made his first-class debut for Griqualand West in the Castle Bowl competition in December 1988. He played a further 13 matches over three seasons with Griqualand West in the Bowl. In 1992, he moved to Northern Transvaal and played three matches in the Castle Cup.[3]

In List A, Abbott played for the Impalas in the Benson and Hedges Series from 1990 to 1992 before playing his final season the competition with Northern Transvaal. He also played in four Nissan Shield matches, a now defunct knockout competition for South Africa's provincial teams.[4]

During the 1992 English cricket season, Abbott played six matches for Worcestershire Second XI in the Second XI Championship.[5]

Abbott died in a road incident near Kimberley on 8 May 1993 aged 23. He was about to play for Penn Cricket Club in Wolverhampton that season just before he died. A charity cricket tournament was played in his honour for many years after his death in Coventry. Abbott had played for the now folded Sphinx club in the Coventry and District League.[6][7][8]

References

  1. ^ http://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/player/43946.html player profile
  2. ^ http://www.tut.ac.za/Students/sport/Documents/Cricket%20poster.pdf [dead link‍]
  3. ^ "First-class matches played by Glen Abbott". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  4. ^ "List A matches played by Glen Abbott". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Second Eleven Championship matches played by Glen Abbott". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Charitable double". Coventry Telegraph. 22 July 2004. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  7. ^ "Bulkington bid for glory". Coventry Telegraph. 19 July 2002. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  8. ^ "Cricket: 100 not out; A look back at the history of the Coventry and District League". Coventry Telegraph. 2003. Retrieved 22 March 2020 – via The Free Library.