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.
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Chris Smith Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	8	14	1	392	91	30.15	1314	29.83	0	2	44	0	5
ODIs	4	4	0	109	70	27.25	240	45.41	0	1	19	1	0
FC	269	466	60	18028	217	44.40	-	-	47	88	-	-	176
List A	214	197	39	6700	159	42.40	-	-	11	42	-	-	38

Bowling

Format	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Tests	8	4	102	39	3	2/31	2/31	13.00	2.29	34.0	0	0
ODIs	4	2	36	28	2	2/8	2/8	14.00	4.66	18.0	0	0
FC	269	-	4457	2685	50	5/69	-	53.70	3.61	89.1	-	1
List A	214	-	171	114	10	3/32	3/32	11.40	4.00	17.1	0	0

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Recent Matches of Chris Smith

Match	Bat	Date	Ground	Format
Hampshire vs Warwickshire	23	14-Aug-1991	Birmingham	List A
Hampshire vs Notts	105*	31-Jul-1991	Southampton	List A
Hampshire vs Lancashire	66	11-Jul-1991	Southampton	List A
Hampshire vs Berkshire	--	26-Jun-1991	Reading	List A
Hampshire vs Essex	71	29-May-1991	Chelmsford	List A