Full Name

Devon Sheldon Smith

Born

October 21, 1981, Hermitage, Sauters, St Patrick, Grenada

Age

42y 150d

Batting Style

Left hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Offbreak

Playing Role

Opening Batter

RELATIONS

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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.

He was dropped again in 2009, but came back to prominence during the 2011 World Cup during which he opened in the absence of an injured Adrian Barath. Smith scored his maiden one-day hundred in West Indies' group match against Ireland and got two more half-centuries in the tournament.


Will Luke and Cricinfo staff May 2011

Devon Smith Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests43762176010823.78383445.90182461360
ODIs47452105910724.62150670.31151109130
T20Is6602036133.83161126.080222510
FC222404261485421239.29--3864--2420
List A1671639457013529.67--824--680
T20s363426426120.06612104.90037012150

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests431630---3.00-000
ODIs47217170---6.00-000
T20Is6------------
FC222-60429752/33-59.402.95120.8000
List A167-776111/181/1861.004.7577.0000
T20s36------------
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Recent Matches of Devon Smith

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
Windward Is vs Barbados110/801-Jun-2022Diego MartinFC
Windward Is vs Leeward Is35 & 12--25-May-2022Port of SpainFC
Windward Is vs Jamaica1 & 34--18-May-2022TaroubaFC
Windward Is vs Trinidad & T16 & 12--15-Feb-2022TaroubaFC
Windward Is vs Guyana52 & 0--09-Feb-2022Port of SpainFC

Photos of Devon Smith

Devon Smith raises his bat after getting to his fifty
Suranga Lakmal sends back Devon Smith
Dinesh Chandimal edges Devendra Bishoo wide of Devon Smith at slip
Devon Smith and Kraigg Brathwaite added 59 for the first wicket
Devon Smith drives
Devon Smith whips one off his hips