Nathan Smith (Irish cricketer)

Nathan Smith
Personal information
Full name
Nathan Bede Smith
Born (1995-07-09) 9 July 1995 (age 29)
Sandringham, Victoria, Australia
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2016–2018Northern Knights
FC debut30 May 2017 Northern v North West
LA debut29 May 2017 Northern v North West
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 6 6 3
Runs scored 55 19 8
Batting average 9.16 4.75 8.00
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 22* 9 6
Balls bowled 732 222 48
Wickets 9 6 3
Bowling average 40.55 30.00 17.33
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 4/34 3/14 2/22
Catches/stumpings 1/– 0/– 2/–
Source: Cricinfo, 27 July 2019

Nathan Bede Smith (born 9 July 1995) is an Australian-born Irish former cricketer.[1] He represented the Northern Knights team in the Inter-Provincial Championship, Ireland's first class competition. Smith was predominantly a bowler. In March 2019, Smith announced that he would no longer be available to be selected by Cricket Ireland, as he focused on opportunities in Australia.[2]

Career

Smith made his List A debut for Northern Knights in the 2017 Inter-Provincial Cup on 29 May 2017.[3] He made his first-class debut for Northern Knights in the 2017 Inter-Provincial Championship on 30 May 2017.[4] He made his Twenty20 cricket debut for Northern Knights in the 2017 Inter-Provincial Trophy on 9 June 2017.[5]

In May 2018, Smith was named in a fourteen-man squad for Ireland's first ever Test match, to be played against Pakistan later the same month.[6][7] However, ahead of the match he suffered an injury, ruling him out of the fixture, and was replaced in the squad by Craig Young.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Nathan Smith". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Nathan Smith bids Irish cricket farewell". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Cricket Ireland Inter-Provincial Limited Over Cup, North-West Warriors v Northern Knights at Strabane, May 29, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  4. ^ "Cricket Ireland Inter-Provincial Championship, North-West Warriors v Northern Knights at Eglinton, May 30-Jun 1, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  5. ^ "Cricket Ireland Inter-Provincial Twenty20 Trophy, Leinster Lightning v Northern Knights at Dublin, Jun 9, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  6. ^ "Ireland announce 14-man squad for historic first Test against Pakistan". Belfast Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  7. ^ "Ireland omit George Dockrell for historic first men's Test against Pakistan". BBC Sport. 4 May 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  8. ^ "Craig Young replaces Nathan Smith in Ireland squad for Pakistan Test". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 10 May 2018.