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A SURPRISE witness has created a storm in the inquest into the death of Phillip Hughes, claiming NSW fast bowler Doug Bollinger admitted to making an “I’ll kill you” sledge that has been a focal point this week. Bollinger, David Warner, Brad Haddin and Hughes’ batting partner Tom Cooper have all denied the sledge was made. Phillip Hughes’ brother Jason Hughes has claimed Cooper spoke of the alleged sledge at a gathering of players at an SCG wake the night Phillip died. Cricketer Matt Day, a close friend of Phillip Hughes, backed Jason’s claim, “Whilst I was at the gathering at Sydney Cricket Ground, I was with a group of players sitting where the players’ seats are in the home dressing room,” Day said in the statement released this afternoon, adding that Bollinger was among the players in the group. “There was general discussion regarding the circumstances of the match. At one stage, Doug Bollinger said words to the effect of: ‘One of my sledges was ‘I am going to kill you’. I can’t believe I said that. I’ve said things like that in the past but I am never going to say it again’.” Day added: “Although I am used to sledging in cricket matches, I was stunned by Doug’s comment. I did not respond, nor did any of the other players. “When I had the opportunity I approached Jason Hughes and I said words to the effect of ‘Doug Bollinger just told me that he sledged them by saying he was going to kill them’. “Jason Hughes responded by saying words to the effect of ‘Tom Cooper told ...

The Surrey player destroyed Kent's bowling at the Oval in the T20 Blast competition, reaching three figures in just 34 balls on Friday night to match the competition record set by his late, great compatriot Andrew Symonds for Kent against Middlesex 19 years ago. Yet the modest Abbott, who's quickly become a popular figure with the county champions, paid tribute to one of Australian cricket's old heroes afterwards. "I don't think people should be talking about me and 'Roy' in the same breath," he said. "But that was a lot of fun." It was an astounding knock which featured 11 sixes and seven fours, including 30 coming in the 17th over — 6-4-6-4-4-6 — off his luckless Australia pace colleague Kane Richardson. Even more remarkably, the 31-year-old Abbott, who rescued a difficult situation for Surrey after coming in at 4-64, had previously never scored a 50 — his best had been 41 — in 76 T20 innings. Loading Twitter content Instead, his 110 not out off 41 balls completely transformed the match, taking Surrey to 5-223 before they went on to limit Kent to 7-182 and seal a 41-run victory. "Have to have a chat with Moises Henriques (his captain at the Sydney Sixers) back home — maybe I'm batting too low," Abbott said when asked on Sky TV about the transformation from a man who had only made 51 runs in seven innings in the entire 2022-23 BBL. "No, we've got a class side back home at the Sixers, so I can't ask to bat too much higher. Just grateful for this opportunity. "This isn't go...

Sean Abbott has developed into one of the most versatile bowling allrounders in Australian domestic cricket. A wicket-taking medium-fast bowler who also strikes the ball cleanly with the bat, he made his return to international cricket late in 2019 against Pakistan in T20 cricket after a five-year absence. It was a worthy reward for several outstanding seasons with the Sydney Sixers in the BBL where he was one of the most prolific wicket-takers in the competition and specialised in the death overs. He also became a key figure in New South Wales' Sheffield Shield side consistently taking wickets and providing lower-order runs, playing a crucial part in the Blues 2019-20 title. He was included in Australia's limited-overs tour to England in 2020 but didn't play. He returned to Australia and dominated the start of the Sheffield Shield season. He took 6 for 89 against WA and scored two half-centuries and his maiden first-class century against Tasmania to earn selection in Australia's limited-overs and Test squads for the 2020-21 home series against India. The allrounder debuted for New South Wales at the age of 18. He enjoyed his breakthrough season in 2013-14 when he topped the Ryobi Cup wicket tally with 16 wickets at 20.93. His strong all-round season also brought him 27 Sheffield Shield wickets and he won the Steve Waugh Medal as the best New South Wales player of the season. Abbott was rewarded with a call-up to Australia's one-day and Twenty20 squads to play Pakistan in ...

• ODI debut(cap 7 October 2014v Last ODI 22 March 2023v ODI shirt no. 77 T20I debut(cap 5 October 2014v Last T20I 23 September 2022v T20I shirt no. 77 Domestic team information Years Team 2010/11–present 2011/12–2012/13 2013/14– 2015 2021, 2023 2022 2022 Career statistics Competition Matches 11 9 72 80 Runs scored 131 17 2,150 828 16.37 8.50 22.39 16.89 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 1/12 0/1 Top score 49 12 102 50 492 138 12,459 3,614 13 5 201 123 31.92 37.80 32.02 25.45 0 0 6 2 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 3/23 2/14 7/45 5/43 Catches/ 4/– 4/– 42/– 34/– Source: 30 March 2023 Sean Anthony Abbott (born 29 February 1992) is an Australian professional Domestic and T20 franchise career [ ] He made his Abbott has played for Parramatta and Sydney University in the During a In January 2015, Abbott was named as Australia's young cricketer of the year. Abbott was named the Sydney Sixers Player of the Tournament in BBL|06 after taking 20 wickets over 10 games. He shared the award with Sixers batsmen Daniel Hughes. On 28 August 2017 the Sixers announced that Abbott had re-signed with the club for three more editions of the Big Bash League. Ahead of the In April 2021 English county [ citation needed] and also three In February 2022, he was bought by the International career [ ] He made his He was awarded the Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year at the In 2019, Abbott made his return to Australia's international side after a five-year hiatus, taking 2/14 off his four overs against Pakista...

Pucovski fell to the floor after the blow and required treatment for a number of minutes before gingerly getting back to his feet and being helped off the pitch by medical staff. Abbott was clearly impacted by the incident at Melbourne’s Junction Oval and took a number of minutes before he regained sufficient composure to bowl once again as Pucovski showed the effects of his injury. A 2016 coroner’s inquest found that Hughes made a “minuscule misjudgement” before being hit in the neck by the delivery and Abbott was in no way to blame for the former Test batsman’s death. It is not the first time Pucovski has suffered a head injury while at the crease. On his debut he suffered concussion after being hit in the head by a ball while fielding. “Will Pucovski remained at the ground following the incident and is being treated by “Will has been ruled out of the remainder of the match and we will continue to monitor him over the coming days, and we can then determine a return to play plan for him.” Cricket Australia introduced concussion substitutions in domestic games following recommendations made by an independent investigation into the death of Hughes.

Sean Abbott: The fast bowler hoping to force his way into Australia’s Ashes team with superb summer for Surrey Interview Having narrowly missed out on selection for the last series, Abbott is hoping to catch the selectors’ eyes with a superb summer at the Oval Abbott begins a new county season on Thursday as Surrey host Lancashire (Photo: Getty) A jet-lagged Sean Abbott landed in London just 72 hours before we sat down together at the Oval. Despite the fatigue resulting from the 4am alarm call from his body clock, the Australian is fully alive to the possibility that he might just have a shot at playing in the Ashes. “My goal and aspiration is to play Test cricket,” says the fast bowler who starts his second spell with Surrey when the county champions open their season against Lancashire at Old Trafford on Thursday. Abbott is among a swathe of Australians who have decamped to county cricket at the start of “I feel like I’ve been bowling pretty well,” he says. “We’ve got such a strong team I certainly have no expectations but I know I’m there or thereabouts in terms of one or two injuries. If I play well for Surrey then potentially they may see my skillset as an asset for this series. But certainly I don’t want that to be my focus otherwise I’ll get sucked into that and distracted. So I just want to put my best foot forward for Surrey and whatever comes comes.” 'Australia will win 4-1!': i writers' Ashes predictions Now 31, the New South Wales bowler has represented Austral...

Australia’s Sean Abbott celebrates his 34-ball century for Surrey in the T20 Blast against Kent at the Oval. Photograph: Ben Hoskins/Getty Images for Surrey CCC Australia’s Sean Abbott celebrates his 34-ball century for Surrey in the T20 Blast against Kent at the Oval. Photograph: Ben Hoskins/Getty Images for Surrey CCC Yet the modest Abbott, who has quickly become a popular figure with the county champions, paid tribute to one of Australian cricket’s old heroes afterwards, shrugging: “I don’t think people should be talking about me and ‘Roy’ in the same breath … but that was a lot of fun!” It was an astounding knock which featured 11 sixes and seven fours, including 30 coming in the 17th over – 6-4-6-4-4-6 – off his luckless Australia pace colleague Kane Richardson. Even more remarkably, the 31-year-old Abbott, who rescued a difficult situation for Surrey after coming in at 4-64, had previously never scored a fifty – his best had been 41 – in 76 T20 innings. An utterly brilliant innings from Sean Abbott 🔥 Watch every run he scored in the joint-fastest hundred in Vitality Blast history 🙌 Instead, his 110 not out off 41 balls completely transformed the match, taking Surrey to 5-223 before they went on to limit “Have to have a chat with Moises Henriques (his captain at the Sydney Sixers) back home – maybe I’m batting too low!” laughed Abbott, when asked on Sky TV about the transformation from a man who’d only made 51 runs in seven innings in the entire 2022-23 BBL. “No, we’v...