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Full name Devon Sheldon Smith
Born October 21, 1981, Hermitage, Sauters, St Patrick, Grenada
Current age 26 years 321 days
Major teams West Indies,Southern Windward Islands,West Indies A,Windward Islands
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
24
45
2
1045
108
24.30
2246
46.52
1
3
150
0
19
0
ODIs
26
24
2
512
91
23.27
753
67.99
0
2
55
4
10
0
T20Is
5
5
0
166
61
33.20
134
123.88
0
2
19
3
0
0
First-class
105
190
8
6579
181
36.14
14
32
85
0
List A
73
70
4
1724
135
26.12
1
9
28
0
Twenty20
6
6
0
183
61
30.50
155
118.06
0
2
22
3
0
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
24
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
ODIs
26
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
T20Is
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
First-class
105
420
208
2
1/2
104.00
2.97
210.0
0
0
0
List A
73
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Twenty20
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
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Career statistics
Test debut
West Indies v Australia at Georgetown, Apr 10-13, 2003 scorecard
Last Test
West Indies v Australia at North Sound, May 30-Jun 3, 2008 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
West Indies v Australia at Kingston, May 17, 2003 scorecard
Last ODI
West Indies v Sri Lanka at Port of Spain, Apr 10, 2008 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut
England v West Indies at The Oval, Jun 28, 2007 scorecard
Last T20I
South Africa v West Indies at Johannesburg, Jan 18, 2008 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut
1998/99
Last First-class
West Indies v Australia at North Sound, May 30-Jun 3, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
1999/00
Last List A
West Indies v Sri Lanka at Port of Spain, Apr 10, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
England v West Indies at The Oval, Jun 28, 2007 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Barbados v Grenada at Coolidge, Feb 15, 2008 scorecard
Profile
A belligerent left-handed opening batsman from Grenada, Devon Smith was drafted into the West Indies squad ahead of the Test series against India in March 2002, after making 750 runs for Windward Islands in the Busta Cup, though he made his debut 13 months later against a far tougher opponent. In his first Test, against Australia, Smith scored a blazing 62 in a losing cause, but failed to score in the next Test. A good eye compensates for his lack of footwork and throughout the series he showed promise, but it wasn't enough, and he was dropped to smooth off the rough edges. In 2004, he was selected to open against England, and he immediately pulled his team out of a hole with a stroke-filled century. But just as he began to settle into a groove, a freak net injury left him with a fractured thumb, and he missed the next two Tests. He was axed after another failure in the Test series against Australia in 2005-06 and spent two years in the wilderness. He returned to play in the one-dayers against India in 2006-07 and was picked for the World Cup squad where his form was solid rather than spectacular. He failed to move out of first gear against England in 2007, and he followed with a horror tour of Zimbabwe and South Africa that was only saved by his ODI career-best 91 in Johannesburg. Smith was shunted down to No. 6 in the Test series against Sri Lanka as West Indies tweaked their top order, indicating that his role might change in the future.
Will Luke May 2008
