Kyle Abbott – Profile, Stats & Recent Form

Personal details

Full nameKyle John Abbott

Born18 Jun 1987

Age39 Years

NationalitySouth Africa

RoleBowler/Right-arm fast-medium, Right-handed

BattingRight Hand Bat

BowlingRight Arm Fast Medium

Height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)

Career at a glance

Format	M	Runs	Avg	SR	Wkts	Econ
Test	11	95	6.78	28.1	39	2.55
ODI	28	76	8.44	60.31	34	4.83
T20I	21	23	11.5	114.99	26	7.96
T20	156	324	13.5	117.81	157	8.27
List A	128	674	18.72	85.85	172	5.08
First-class	190	3693	17.75	50.83	747	2.81

Debuts

TestSouth Africa vs Pakistan, Centurion22 Feb 2013

ODISouth Africa vs Pakistan, Bloemfontein 10 Mar 2013

T20ISouth Africa vs Pakistan, Centurion 3 Mar 2013

First ClassGauteng vs KZ-Natal, Durban 19 Feb 2009

List AGriq West vs KZ-Natal, Kimberley1 Mar 2009

T20Dolphins vs Knights, Bloemfontein2 Feb 2011

Family

RelationsJack Abbott (Father), Diane Jenkins (Mother)

Batting

Format	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	4s	6s	Ct
Test	11	14	0	95	17	6.78	338	28.1	0	10	1	4
ODI	28	13	4	76	23	8.44	126	60.31	0	6	0	7
T20I	21	6	4	23	9	11.5	20	114.99	0	2	0	7
T20	156	54	30	324	30	13.5	275	117.81	0	23	10	33
List A	128	64	28	674	56	18.72	785	85.85	1	50	14	32
First-class	190	259	51	3693	97	17.75	7264	50.83	13	506	40	34

Bowling

Format	M	Inn	Overs	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	5W	10W
Test	11	21	346.5	886	39	9/68	22.71	2.55	3	0
ODI	28	27	217.1	1051	34	4/21	30.91	4.83	0	0
T20I	21	21	72.4	579	26	3/20	22.26	7.96	0	0
T20	156	153	542	4484	157	5/14	28.56	8.27	1	0
List A	128	122	985.4	5014	172	5/43	29.15	5.08	1	0
First-class	190	330	5520.3	15514	747	17/86	20.76	2.81	48	7

By tournament

Tournament	M	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	Wkts	Econ
Indian Premier League	5	13	12	13.00	162.50	2	11.06
Bangladesh Premier League	4	16	16	16.00	76.19	1	8.20
Pakistan Super League	1	0	0	–	–	1	–
ICC Men's T20 World Cup	3	0	0	–	–	7	8.15
Lanka Premier League	2	4	4	–	100.00	0	–
Super Smash Men's	6	23	14	11.50	121.05	6	7.31
Vitality Blast	17	69	29	23.00	143.75	25	8.68
County Championship	120	2347	97	16.65	56.54	506	3.17
English One Day Cup	24	188	37	26.86	108.67	36	4.84
CSA Provincial One Day Challenge	1	22	22	–	73.33	1	6.11
ICC Cricket World Cup	4	12	12	12.00	63.16	9	21.67

Against teams

Batting vs	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	SR
New Zealand	1	9	9	–	112.50
Australia	2	8	6	8.00	133.33
Pakistan	1	2	2	2.00	100.00
West Indies	1	2	2	2.00	100.00
England	1	2	2	2.00	100.00

Bowling vs	Inn	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ	SR
England	3	8	98	12.25	8.40	8.75
Australia	6	6	127	21.17	6.99	18.17
Bangladesh	2	4	30	7.50	15.00	3.00
Sri Lanka	1	2	14	7.00	4.00	10.50
India	2	2	50	25.00	7.14	21.00
Afghanistan	1	2	36	18.00	9.00	12.00
Pakistan	1	1	41	41.00	10.25	24.00
West Indies	3	1	112	112.00	10.18	66.00
New Zealand	2	0	71	–	8.88	–

Batting vs	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	SR
Zimbabwe	2	29	23	14.50	74.36
Pakistan	2	17	12	8.50	73.91
Bangladesh	2	10	5	5.00	47.62
England	2	10	7	–	55.56
West Indies	2	6	5	6.00	46.15
New Zealand	1	3	3	–	37.50
Australia	2	1	1	0.50	25.00

Bowling vs	Inn	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ	SR
Australia	5	9	240	26.67	5.00	32.00
England	4	8	193	24.13	5.22	27.75
Ireland	1	4	21	5.25	–	0.00
West Indies	4	4	184	46.00	6.94	39.75
Pakistan	3	3	111	37.00	7.74	28.67
Zimbabwe	4	2	103	51.50	3.68	84.00
New Zealand	1	1	43	43.00	4.61	56.00
Sri Lanka	1	1	27	27.00	4.50	36.00
Bangladesh	3	1	90	90.00	5.63	96.00
India	1	1	39	39.00	5.57	42.00

Batting vs	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	SR
Australia	5	30	17	6.00	16.85
India	3	18	14	6.00	33.96
England	3	18	16	6.00	36.00
Sri Lanka	2	16	16	8.00	55.17
Pakistan	1	13	13	13.00	46.43

Bowling vs	Inn	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ	SR
Australia	6	16	322	20.13	2.76	43.81
Pakistan	2	9	68	7.56	2.37	19.11
India	3	6	105	17.50	1.99	52.83
Sri Lanka	4	5	156	31.20	2.41	77.80
England	4	2	174	87.00	2.61	200.00
West Indies	2	1	61	61.00	3.59	102.00

Last 10 innings · batting

0 & 3vs SUS

4 & 4*vs LEI

11 & 1vs NOT

4 & 5vs WAR

16vs GLA

18vs DER

1*vs SUS

19vs GLA

2vs DUR

10vs MID

First Class vs SUS24 Sep 2026 · b J Unadkat & lbw b TJ Price 0 & 3(4 & 17) First Class vs LEI15 Sep 2026 · c AY Patel b NN Gilchrist & Not out 4 & 4*(4 & 3) First Class vs NOT8 Sep 2026 · lbw b D Pennington & lbw b OP Stone 11 & 1(25 & 4) First Class vs WAR2 Sep 2026 · c W Young b ER Bamber & c D Mousley b M Suthar 4 & 5(4 & 7) First Class vs GLA27 Aug 2026 · c CB Cooke b DA Douthwaite 16(24) List A vs DER11 Aug 2026 · c M Wagstaff b J Morley 18(12) List A vs SUS9 Aug 2026 · Not out 1*(1) List A vs GLA5 Aug 2026 · c Ji Hope-Bell b DA Douthwaite 19(18) List A vs DUR2 Aug 2026 · st OG Robinson b WMH Rhodes 2(3) List A vs MID24 Jul 2026 · c JB Cracknell b N Sharma 10(13)

Last 10 innings · bowling

0 & 2/15 & 39vs SUS

1 & 4/41 & 58vs LEI

4 & 0/82 & 19vs NOT

4/51vs WAR

0/43vs DER

1/60vs SUS

3/20vs GLA

0/26vs DUR

1/65vs ESS

1/49vs MID

First Class vs SUS24 Sep 2026 0 & 2/15 & 39 First Class vs LEI15 Sep 2026 1 & 4/41 & 58 First Class vs NOT8 Sep 2026 4 & 0/82 & 19 First Class vs WAR2 Sep 2026 4/51 List A vs DER11 Aug 2026 0/43 List A vs SUS9 Aug 2026 1/60 List A vs GLA5 Aug 2026 3/20 List A vs DUR2 Aug 2026 0/26 List A vs ESS31 Jul 2026 1/65 List A vs MID24 Jul 2026 1/49

About Kyle Abbott

Kyle Abbott Biography

Kyle Abbott is a South African cricketer, born on 18 June 1987 in Empangeni, KwaZulu-Natal. Primarily a pace bowler, Abbott is a right-handed batsman.

Background

In his early days, Kyle played domestic cricket for the KwaZulu Natal side. He also joined the Hollywoodbets Dolphins teams soon after that. He played first class and List A cricket with them.

He was spotted by the national selectors in these competitions and was picked to play for South Africa A against Bangladesh A. He was in the top players in the domestic pool of South Africa.

In the 2012-13 season, he became the leading wicket-taker of the season because of his pace and the ability to make the ball bounce more.

Debut

Abbott made his international debut in a Test match against Pakistan on 22 February 2013. He registered the ninth best figures for a Test debutant and the second best for a South African Test debutant. He blasted out the Pakistani batsmen as he took 7/29. He was in and out of the Test team. He took 39 wickets in 11 Test matches.

Abbot made his limited overs debut the following month. He managed only 1 wicket in his debut T20I. His ODI debut came a week after his T20I debut. His figures read 1/35 in his six overs.

Club Career

Kyle has played for the KwaZulu-Natal, Dolphins and the Warriors in the South African first-class arena. While he played for the two former teams between 2009-2016, his stint with the Warriors was only for one season in 2016-17.

In the Indian Premier League, he played for the Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) in 2012, Chennai Super Kings in 2015 and again for KXIP in 2016. Although he was a part of three IPL seasons, he managed to play only 5 matches and took just 2 wickets.

He has also played for the Khulna Pirates in Bangladesh Premier League in the last season.

Records

Kyle has taken a total of 99 international wickets across all the formats. He has played 11 Tests, 28 ODIs and 21 T20Is.

Retirement

Due to differences with the Cricket South Africa, Abbot has not been a part of the national side since January 2017. The board ended his contract since then.

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