Australian all-rounder Sean Abbott has wowed with his own record-breaking run after equalizing the fastest one hundred hits ever in England’s T20 cricket.
The Surrey Players simply destroyed Kent’s bowling ball at the Oval in the T20 Blast competition, hitting triple figures in just 34 balls on Friday night to match the competition record set by the late great countryman Andrew Symonds set for Kent before Middlesex 19 years ago.
However, the humble Abbott, who had quickly become a popular figure with the county champions, later paid tribute to one of Australian cricket’s old heroes, shrugging: “I am. I don’t think people should talk about me and ‘Roy’ at the same time… but it’s very interesting!”
It was an amazing knockout with 11 sixs and seven fours, 30 of which came in game 17 – 6-4-6-4-4-6 – ahead of his slow Aussie colleague. his luck, Kane Richardson.
Even more remarkable, Abbott, 31, who rescued Surrey after a 4-64 lead, had never before scored 50 points – his best was 41 – in 76 sets T20.
Instead, 110 balls that were not outside of his 41 balls changed the game completely, giving Surrey a 5-223 lead before they went to the limit. kent to 7-182 and won in 41 runs.
“Had to chat with Moises Henriques (his captain at the Sydney Sixers) at home – maybe I hit too low!” Abbott laughed when asked on Sky TV about his transformation from a man who made just 51 runs in seven innings for the entire 2022-23 BBL.
“No, we have a team at the same level in our home country of the Sixers, so I can’t ask for too much of a rating. Just grateful for this opportunity,” Abbott said.
“This is not going to sink in for a while. First game (Blast) in the Oval Office in front of a home crowd (17,000 people), I didn’t hit that well, it’s nice to go out there and make the most of the game. I had a bit of luck – but, boy, it was fun.”
Luck came when, after being relegated to sixth and raced 23 balls in his half-century, including three six-balls beaten long ago by George Linde, he was That same player Joey Evison dropped when he ‘d bounced up to 87.
But Abbott was unstoppable and reached the milestone with two sixs ahead of another Australian, 41-year-old Kent veteran Michael Hogan.
Abbott’s rough form with bat and ball makes him certainly on target for the upcoming Ashes series against England and the World Test Championship against India at the Oval on June 7.
Abbott and fast pitcher Michael Neser were called to training camp ahead of Australia’s Ashes, fearing increased pace leading Josh Hazlewood would be unfit for the task. Hazlewood has not played any red-ball cricket since injuring Achilles in Sydney’s game against South Africa in January and has only recently returned to the Indian Premier League.
Neser was dropped from Australia’s 17-man squad for the World Test Championship final and the first two Ash Tests, but the selectors left the door open for the final three.
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He’s been in irresistible form for Glamorgan, scoring a career-best 7-32, including a hat-trick, last week against Yorkshire. He continued by winning 4-40 and hitting 86 against Worcestershire this week.
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