Tom Abell

Tom Abell
Abell representing Somerset in 2015
Personal information
Full name
Thomas Benjamin Abell
Born (1994-03-05) 5 March 1994 (age 30)
Taunton, Somerset, England
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleTop order batter
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2014–presentSomerset (squad no. 28)
2019/20Rangpur Riders
2021Birmingham Phoenix
2021/22Brisbane Heat
2022/23Dambulla Aura
2022/23–2023/24Sunrisers Eastern Cape
2023–2024Welsh Fire
2024Dubai Capitals
FC debut15 August 2014 Somerset v Warwickshire
LA debut29 July 2015 Somerset v Durham
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 130 27 135
Runs scored 7,318 649 2,990
Batting average 35.01 30.90 32.15
100s/50s 17/36 1/1 1/15
Top score 152* 106 101*
Balls bowled 3,431 49 60
Wickets 64 2 2
Bowling average 31.62 14.00 50.00
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 4/39 2/19 1/11
Catches/stumpings 102/– 8/– 78/–
Source: CricketArchive (subscription required), 28 September 2024

Thomas Benjamin Abell (born 5 March 1994) is an English first-class cricketer who plays for Somerset County Cricket Club.

Primarily a right-handed batter, 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 was appointed Somerset's County Championship skipper for the 2017 season.