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Full name Christopher Lyall Smith
Born October 15, 1958, Durban, Natal, South Africa
Current age 51 years 41 days
Major teams England, Glamorgan, Hampshire, Natal
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Other Administrator
Relation Brother - RA Smith
Batting | Bowling | Career statistics | Profile | Notes | Latest Articles | Latest Photos
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 8 | 14 | 1 | 392 | 91 | 30.15 | 1314 | 29.83 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| ODIs | 4 | 4 | 0 | 109 | 70 | 27.25 | 240 | 45.41 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| First-class | 269 | 466 | 60 | 18028 | 217 | 44.40 | 47 | 88 | 176 | 0 | ||||
| List A | 214 | 197 | 39 | 6700 | 159 | 42.40 | 11 | 42 | 38 | 0 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 8 | 4 | 102 | 39 | 3 | 2/31 | 2/31 | 13.00 | 2.29 | 34.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ODIs | 4 | 2 | 36 | 28 | 2 | 2/8 | 2/8 | 14.00 | 4.66 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| First-class | 269 | 4457 | 2685 | 50 | 5/69 | 53.70 | 3.61 | 89.1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| List A | 214 | 171 | 114 | 10 | 3/32 | 3/32 | 11.40 | 4.00 | 17.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Test debut | England v New Zealand at Lord's, Aug 11-15, 1983 scorecard |
| Last Test | England v India at Leeds, Jun 19-23, 1986 scorecard |
| Test statistics | |
| ODI debut | New Zealand v England at Christchurch, Feb 18, 1984 scorecard |
| Last ODI | Pakistan v England at Karachi, Mar 26, 1984 scorecard |
| ODI statistics | |
| First-class span | 1977/78 - 1991 |
| List A span | 1980 - 1991 |
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.
Rob Smyth
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1984
- Chris Smith (1984)
Aug 11, 2003
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