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Grounded Abbott in big blow to Hampshire

by
The Cricket Paper Team
9 August 2020

HAMPSHIRE will be without seam bowler Kyle Abbott for the season.
Travel restrictions imposed due to the coronavirus crisis mean that Abbott will spend the campaign back in South Africa.
Abbott signed a three-year contract last winter and Hampshire’s director of cricket Giles White said: “The window for Kyle’s return to the UK has narrowed significantly as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and the difficulties with visa delays and quarantine restrictions that have followed subsequently.
“We’ve had excellent dialogue with Kyle throughout this period, and with ev...