Matches (16)
AUS vs IND (1)
SA vs PAK (1)
NZ vs ENG (1)
ZIM vs AFG (1)
Gulf T20I Championship (4)
Nepal Premier League (4)
WI vs BAN (1)
BBL 2024 (1)
SMAT (1)
IND Women vs WI Women (1)

Full Name

Edward Thomas Smith

Born

July 19, 1977, Pembury, Kent

Age

47y 148d

Nicknames

Smudge

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Medium fast

Height

6ft 2in

Education

Tonbridge School, Cambridge University

Other

Commentator, Journalist, Author

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. He broke his ankle in 2008, preventing him from captaining Middlesex for most of the season, and subsequently announced his retirement from first-class cricket in the winter.
Andrew Miller November 2008

Ed Smith Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests350876417.4017250.580115050
FC191325191278921341.79--3454--850
List A1341319379812231.13--226--290
T20s252505738522.92432132.630381760

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests3------------
FC191-10811911/601/60119.006.61108.0000
List A134-000-----000
T20s25------------

Ed Smith T20 Stats

Batting & Fielding

TournamentTeamsMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Vitality Blast2 teams252505738522.92432132.630381760

Bowling

TournamentTeamsMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Vitality Blast2 teams25------------
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Ed Smith poses for a portrait
Joe Root shares a laugh with Ed Smith and Trevor Bayliss
England coach Trevor Bayliss, captain Joe Root and ECB national selector, Ed Smith watch the side train
Ed Smith was at England's final pre-Ashes training session
Joe Root and chief selector Ed Smith talk during a training session
Ed Smith and Ashley Giles talk