Full Name

Christopher Lyall Smith

Born

October 15, 1958, Durban, Natal, South Africa

Age

65y 165d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Offbreak

RELATIONS

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Chris Smith, who qualified for England by virtue of his English parents, was born in Durban on this day. Keen to pursue a career in cricket and frustrated by the apartheid-era ban on international sport with South Africa, he left to try his luck in England having previously toured the country with Kingsmead Mynahs (essentially Natal U-25s) in 1976. Though not as naturally talented as his younger brother Robin, he made himself into a very fine county batsman for Hampshire with a first-class average in the mid- forties. Smith's success was a triumph of nurture over nature, but he only played eight Tests. He went first ball to Richard Hadlee on debut at Lord's in 1983 but had a decent winter in 1983-84, hitting 91 at Auckland and 66 at Faisalabad. For some reason he wasn't picked against West Indies in 1984 and played only one more Test. He went on to become chief executive of the WACA in Perth.
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Chris Smith Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests81413929130.15131429.830244050
ODIs4401097027.2524045.410119100
FC269466601802821744.40--4788--1760
List A21419739670015942.40--1142--380

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests841023932/312/3113.002.2934.0000
ODIs42362822/82/814.004.6618.0000
FC269-44572685505/69-53.703.6189.1-10
List A214-171114103/323/3211.404.0017.1000
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Hartley Wintney v Robin Smith Testimonial XI
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