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Richard Abley

Debut: 1997
Latest season: 2026

All cricket

386Matches

1,738Runs

9.29Batting average

68*Highest score

2 / 050s / 100s

478Wickets

24.83Bowling average

6-44Best bowling

95W hauls

Runs by seasonBest: 180 in 2003

Wickets by seasonBest: 40 in 2005

On the honours boards

3rd most career wickets 478 wickets

Season	M	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	S/R	50	4s	6s	Ducks
Career	386	250	63	1,738	68*	9.29	72.36	2	174	26	46
2026	7	4	0	44	18	11.00	141.94	0	5	1	0
2025	6	5	2	62	23	20.67	86.67	0	6	3	1
2024	8	3	1	1	1	0.50	10.00	0	0	0	1
2023	3	2	0	13	7	6.50	86.67	0	0	0	0
2022	9	6	3	22	11	7.33	51.16	0	3	0	0
2021	4	2	0	45	29	22.50	75.00	0	4	2	0
2019	7	6	2	46	21	11.50	90.20	0	3	3	1
2018	9	6	1	33	15	6.60	86.84	0	5	0	2
2017	19	14	2	55	16	4.58	60.00	0	7	0	3
2016	21	15	8	93	31	13.29	60.39	0	10	1	3
2015	17	9	4	23	14	4.60	41.82	0	2	0	2
2014	12	8	1	110	68*	15.71	111.11	1	13	5	1
2012	16	8	4	72	27	18.00	112.50	0	9	2	1
2011	10	8	2	58	15*	9.67	70.00	0	5	2	1
2010	15	11	2	52	16*	5.78	101.96	0	3	1	4
2009	17	10	3	132	54	18.86	132.29	1	17	2	0
2008	16	12	2	94	29	9.40	62.67	0	10	1	2
2007	23	10	1	71	19	7.89	65.35	0	10	0	0
2005	26	13	4	71	11	7.89	86.59	0	9	0	3
2004	23	17	2	114	26	7.60	85.07	0	12	0	5
2003	26	18	6	180	36	15.00	98.57	0	19	1	1
2002	4	4	0	22	13	5.50	59.46	0	2	1	2
2001	12	10	1	86	17	9.56	78.13	0	8	1	1
2000	30	24	8	119	20	7.44	47.41	0	6	0	6
1999	24	13	3	27	8*	2.70	24.11	0	2	0	4
1998	20	11	1	91	34	9.10	39.58	0	4	0	2
1997	2	1	0	2	2	2.00	–	0	0	0	0

Team	M	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	S/R	50	4s	6s	Ducks
Career	386	250	63	1,738	68*	9.29	72.36	2	174	26	46
1st XI	194	118	38	632	36	7.90	66.21	0	49	7	19
2nd XI	85	56	14	426	31	10.14	84.86	0	43	10	13
3rd XI	15	8	2	95	68*	15.83	92.23	1	13	4	1
4th XI	6	4	0	52	34	13.00	48.48	0	1	0	0
Sunday XI	63	44	5	311	54	7.97	56.73	1	37	1	8
Midweek XI	14	13	2	147	27	13.36	107.30	0	20	2	4
Veterans XI	1	1	0	23	23	23.00	–	0	4	2	0
Tour XI	8	6	2	52	26	13.00	94.55	0	7	0	1

Season	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Best	5W	Avg	Econ	S/R
Career	2817.1	372	11,869	478	6-44	9	24.83	4.21	35.36
2026	47.3	9	236	4	2-25	0	59.00	4.97	71.25
2025	42.1	4	221	5	2-21	0	44.20	5.24	50.60
2024	50	9	196	14	3-10	0	14.00	3.92	21.43
2023	21	2	99	4	2-36	0	24.75	4.71	31.50
2022	59	5	326	13	4-43	0	25.08	5.53	27.23
2021	27	7	107	2	1-20	0	53.50	3.96	81.00
2019	64.4	12	225	12	5-23	1	18.75	3.48	32.33
2018	72	4	351	11	3-36	0	31.91	4.88	39.27
2017	124	27	426	29	5-24	1	14.69	3.44	25.66
2016	125.3	18	587	23	6-44	1	25.52	4.68	32.74
2015	140.2	19	569	29	5-21	1	19.62	4.05	29.03
2014	94	17	415	16	3-24	0	25.94	4.41	35.25
2012	94	14	376	17	3-36	0	22.12	4.00	33.18
2011	70.4	6	363	9	3-23	0	40.33	5.14	47.11
2010	119	17	457	23	4-27	0	19.87	3.84	31.04
2009	128	18	497	24	5-26	1	20.71	3.88	32.00
2008	128	13	533	27	5-48	1	19.74	4.16	28.44
2007	107.3	11	529	30	5-57	1	17.63	4.92	21.50
2005	206	31	766	40	5-16	1	19.15	3.72	30.90
2004	178.2	20	823	26	5-25	1	31.65	4.61	41.15
2003	198	25	842	29	3-25	0	29.03	4.25	40.97
2002	28	3	105	2	1-24	0	52.50	3.75	84.00
2001	103.4	18	314	12	2-9	0	26.17	3.03	51.83
2000	261.4	24	1,166	30	4-67	0	38.87	4.46	52.33
1999	194.5	28	777	27	3-24	0	28.78	3.99	43.30
1998	130	11	561	19	3-34	0	29.53	4.32	41.05
1997	2.2	0	2	1	1-2	0	2.00	0.86	14.00

Team	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Best	5W	Avg	Econ	S/R
Career	2817.1	372	11,869	478	6-44	9	24.83	4.21	35.36
1st XI	1403.5	160	6,305	240	5-21	4	26.27	4.49	35.10
2nd XI	715.3	120	2,643	135	6-44	4	19.58	3.69	31.80
3rd XI	92	21	324	13	3-53	0	24.92	3.52	42.46
4th XI	41	6	104	6	3-44	0	17.33	2.54	41.00
Sunday XI	426	46	1,818	66	5-16	1	27.55	4.27	38.73
Midweek XI	91	9	440	9	3-11	0	48.89	4.84	60.67
Veterans XI	3.1	1	5	0	0-5	0	–	1.58	–
Tour XI	44.4	9	230	9	3-51	0	25.56	5.15	29.78

Competition	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Best	5W	Avg	Econ	S/R
Career	2817.1	372	11,869	478	6-44	9	24.83	4.21	35.36
League	2054.5	283	8,598	347	6-44	8	24.78	4.18	35.53
Friendly	717.4	80	3,041	122	5-16	1	24.93	4.24	35.30
Tour	44.4	9	230	9	3-51	0	25.56	5.15	29.78

Season	Ct	RO
Career	94	4
2026	2	0
2025	0	0
2024	2	0
2023	0	0
2022	0	0
2021	2	0
2019	1	0
2018	3	0
2017	8	0
2016	2	0
2015	7	0
2014	4	0
2012	7	1
2011	1	0
2010	4	1
2009	5	0
2008	5	0
2007	7	0
2005	7	0
2004	5	0
2003	7	0
2002	2	0
2001	3	0
2000	4	1
1999	3	1
1998	2	0
1997	1	0

Team	Ct	RO
Career	94	4
1st XI	49	1
2nd XI	23	2
3rd XI	3	0
4th XI	2	0
Sunday XI	12	1
Midweek XI	4	0
Veterans XI	0	0
Tour XI	1	0

Competition	Ct	RO
Career	94	4
League	68	3
Friendly	25	1
Tour	1	0

Highest scores

#	Score	Balls	4s	6s	Team	Date	Opposition
1	68*	33	9	4	3rd XI	2 Aug 2014	Havering-atte-Bower II
2	54	35	9	1	Sunday XI	27 Sep 2009	Navestock
3	36	–	0	0	1st XI	21 Jun 2003	Great Waltham II
4	34	–	0	0	4th XI	25 Jul 1998	Hutton V
5	31	28	4	1	2nd XI	23 Jul 2016	Writtle

Best bowling

#	Figures	Overs	Maidens	Team	Date	Opposition
1	6-44	9	1	2nd XI	23 Jul 2016	Writtle
2	5-16	8.5	3	Sunday XI	31 Jul 2005	Leigh-on-Sea
3	5-21	10	2	1st XI	9 May 2015	Great Totham
4	5-23	10	2	2nd XI	6 Jul 2019	Terling
5	5-24	10	1	2nd XI	1 Jul 2017	Eastwood

Highest partnerships

#	Runs	Wkt	Batters	Team	Date	Opposition
1	79*	2nd	Jim Ewing & Richard Abley	4th XI	25 Jul 1998	Hutton V
2	72*	6th	Richard Abley & Willie Leadbeater	Sunday XI	4 Oct 1998	Herongate
3	69*	2nd	Richard Abley & Jon Cook	1st XI	10 Sep 2016	Chelmsford
4	60*	10th	Marcus Cornish & Richard Abley	1st XI	21 Aug 2010	Writtle
5	51*	10th	Mike Law & Richard Abley	1st XI	12 Jul 2008	Great Waltham

Date	Team	Opposition	Result	Bat	Balls	Bowl (O-M-R-W)	Field
22 Aug 2026	2nd XI	Stock II	Won	dnb		9-1-52-1	–
25 Jul 2026	2nd XI	Chelmsford Super Kings Saturday	Lost	8 caught	5	2.3-1-8-1	1 ct
4 Jul 2026	2nd XI	Willow Herbs	Won	18 bowled	14	8-3-25-2	1 ct
27 Jun 2026	1st XI	Southend-on-Sea & EMT	Lost	3 bowled	3	8-0-69-0	–
20 Jun 2026	2nd XI	Stock II	Won	dnb		5-2-8-0	–
13 Jun 2026	2nd XI	High Roding II	Lost	15 bowled	9	9-2-45-0	–
7 Jun 2026	Sunday XI	Chelmsford Super Kings Saturday	Won	dnb		6-0-29-0	–
31 Jul 2025	Veterans XI	Billericay	Won	23 caught		3.1-1-5-0	–
26 Jul 2025	1st XI	South Woodham & Burnham	Lost	20*	14	9-0-66-1	–
28 Jun 2025	1st XI	Ilford Catholic	Won	dnb		9-1-46-0	–
17 May 2025	1st XI	Great Totham	Lost	8*	13	7-0-44-1	–
10 May 2025	1st XI	Rettendon	Lost	11 bowled	14	9-1-39-1	–
19 Apr 2025	1st XI	Belhus	Lost	0 caught	4	5-1-21-2	–
29 Jun 2024	2nd XI	High Easter	Lost	dnb		5.4-0-40-1	–
15 Jun 2024	1st XI	Little Baddow	Lost	dnb		4.2-0-23-2	–
8 Jun 2024	1st XI	Aythorpe Roding	Won	1 bowled	5	5-2-16-2	2 ct
25 May 2024	1st XI	Ilford Catholic	Won	dnb		9-2-20-2	–
18 May 2024	1st XI	Broomfield	Won	0*	1	5-0-25-2	–
11 May 2024	2nd XI	Springfield III	Won	0 bowled	4	9-4-20-1	–
27 Apr 2024	1st XI	Great Baddow	Abandoned	dnb		5-1-10-3	–
20 Apr 2024	1st XI	Belhus	Lost	dnb		7-0-42-1	–
19 Aug 2023	2nd XI	High Easter	Won	dnb		9-1-34-1	–
27 May 2023	1st XI	South Loughton	Lost	6 run out	6	4-1-29-1	–
20 May 2023	1st XI	Ilford Catholic	Won	7 bowled	9	8-0-36-2	–
10 Sep 2022	1st XI	Little Baddow	Won	11 caught	23	4-0-28-2	–

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