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Full name Edward Thomas Smith
Born July 19, 1977, Pembury, Kent
Current age 30 years 302 days
Major teams England,Cambridge University,Kent,Middlesex
Nickname Smudge
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast
Other Journalist, Author
Height
6 ft 2 in
Education Tonbridge School, Cambridge University
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
3
5
0
87
64
17.40
172
50.58
0
1
15
0
5
0
First-class
188
320
19
12559
213
41.72
34
52
85
0
List A
132
129
9
3701
122
30.84
2
25
29
0
Twenty20
23
23
0
513
85
22.30
388
132.21
0
3
70
7
5
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
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First-class
188
108
119
1
1/60
1/60
119.00
6.61
108.0
0
0
0
List A
132
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Twenty20
23
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Career statistics
Test debut
England v South Africa at Nottingham, Aug 14-18, 2003 scorecard
Last Test
England v South Africa at The Oval, Sep 4-8, 2003 scorecard
Test statistics
First-class debut
1996
Last First-class
Essex v Middlesex at Chelmsford, May 7-10, 2008 scorecard
Kent v Surrey at Canterbury, Jun 23, 2003 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Middlesex v Essex at Lord's, Jul 6, 2007 scorecard
Profile
The 15th Smith to be selected for England, but the first to have written a book on baseball, Ed Smith demanded selection for the third Test against South Africa in 2003 thanks to his superb county form. A tall right-hander with a penchant for the drive, Smith picked up six centuries in as many matches for Kent, including a career-best 203 at Blackpool, to become the first batsman to pass 1000 runs for the season. It was a run of form that coincided with a severe downturn in England's fortunes following the resignation of Nasser Hussain, and if his surname was anything to go by, he was just the name to take on South Africa's prolific captain, Graeme Smith. Sure enough, Ed responded with a half-century in his maiden Test innings but managed just 23 runs in his next four outings and was dropped. In 2004 there were rumours that he had become alienated from the Kent dressing-room, and it was no surprise when he moved to Middlesex at the end of the summer. After two consistent seasons he made the natural progression to leadership as he was named captain for the 2007 season. A voracious reader and writer, he picked up a double-first in history despite devoting much of his time at Cambridge University to cricket, and opened for England Under-19s in three Tests against New Zealand in 1996.
Andrew Miller June 2006
