Sean Abbott (29 February 1992) is a New South Wales cricketer originally from Windsor in New South Wales. Abbott is an all-rounder who bats right-handed and bowls right hand medium pacers. He made his List A debut for New South Wales against Western Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground on 17 October 2010. Major teams Abbott has played for include: Australia Under-19s, New South Wales, New South Wales Under-17s, New South Wales Under-19s and Parramatta in the Sydney Grade Cricket competition.
Stephen Rodger "Steve" Waugh, AO (born 2 June 1965) is a former Australian cricketer and fraternal twin of cricketer Mark Waugh. A right-handed batsman, he was also a successful medium-pace bowler. Born in New South Wales, with whom he began his first class cricket career in 1984, he captained the Australian Test cricket team from 1999 to 2004, and was the most capped Test cricket player in history, with 168 appearances, until Sachin Tendulkar of India broke this record in 2010. Though thought of in the early stages of his career as only "a moderately talented player", at one point losing his Test place to his brother Mark, Waugh went on to become one of the leading batsmen of his time. He is one of only ten players to have scored over 10,000 Test runs, led Australia to fifteen of their record sixteen consecutive Test wins, and to victory in the 1999 Cricket World Cup. He was named Australian of the Year in 2004 for his philanthropic work, and inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame in front of his home fans at the Sydney Cricket Ground in January 2010.
Lawrence Kyle Abbott (born February 18, 1968) is a former professional baseball player. In an eight-year career, Abbott played four seasons for the California Angels and Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball, as well as one season for the Kintetsu Buffaloes of Nippon Professional Baseball. He was officially listed as standing 6 feet 4 inches (193 cm) and weighing 200 pounds (91 kg).
Abbott was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts. Abbott attended high school at Mission Viejo High School in Mission Viejo, California, before attending college at University of California, San Diego from 1987 until 1988. Abbott transferred to California State University, Long Beach in 1989, where he led his team to the College World Series for the first time in team history.
Abbott began his baseball career with the California Angels, who drafted Abbott with the ninth pick of the 1989 Major League Baseball Draft. After signing with the Angels, Abbot played the 1989 season for the Quad Cities Angels, a minor league affiliate of the Angels. In 73.2 innings pitched, Abbott recorded five wins and four losses with an earned run average (ERA) of 2.57. Baseball America ranked Abbott as the 60th-best minor league prospect for the 1990 season.