| Edward Abel | |
| Country: | England |
| Nickname: | Dis |
| Birth Date: | 30 January 1988 |
| Birth Place: | Salisbury, Wiltshire, England |
| Batting: | Left-handed |
| Bowling: | Slow left-arm Orthodox |
| Club1: | Oxford UCCE/MCCU |
| Year1: | 2008–2010 |
| Club2: | Wiltshire |
| Year2: | 2005–2010 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 5 |
| Runs1: | 154 |
| Bat Avg1: | 30.80 |
| 100S/50S1: | –/1 |
| Top Score1: | 60 |
| Deliveries1: | – |
| Wickets1: | – |
| Bowl Avg1: | – |
| Fivefor1: | – |
| Tenfor1: | – |
| Best Bowling1: | – |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 4/– |
| Date: | 26 December |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/210489.html Cricinfo |
Edward Abel (born 30 January 1988) is an English first-class cricketer. Abel is a left-handed batsman who bowls slow left-arm orthodox. He was born at Salisbury, Wiltshire.
Abel made his debut for Wiltshire in the 2005 Minor Counties Championship against Oxfordshire[1] and in that same season he made his MCCA Knockout Trophy debut against Buckinghamshire.[2] He later attended Oxford Brookes University, while studying there he made his first-class debut for Oxford UCCE against Middlesex. He made two further appearances for Oxford UCCE in 2008 and another in 2009, before making a final first-class appearance for the team, which was now called Oxford MCCU following a change in name for the 2010 season. His final appearance came against Northamptonshire,[3] in which he made his only first-class fifty with a score of 60.[4] In his previous four first-class matches, Abel scored 94 runs at an average of 23.50, with a high score of 27 not out.[5]
Abel continued to play for Wiltshire during this period, making a total of twenty Minor Counties Championship appearances from 2005 to 2010, and from 2005 to 2008 he made eight MCCA Knockout Trophy appearances.