Full name Devon Sheldon Smith
Born October 21, 1981, Hermitage, Sauters, St Patrick, Grenada
Current age 39 years 95 days
Major teams West Indies, Busta Cup XI, Carib Beer XI, Grenada, International XI, Jacobs XI, Southern Windward Islands, St Lucia Zouks, UWI Vice Chancellor's XI, West Indies A, West Indies Board XI, West Indies Cricket Board President's XI, West Indies Under-19s, Windward Islands
Playing role Opening batsman
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Relation Nephew - DDH Smith
Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 43 | 76 | 2 | 1760 | 108 | 23.78 | 3834 | 45.90 | 1 | 8 | 246 | 1 | 36 | 0 |
ODIs | 47 | 45 | 2 | 1059 | 107 | 24.62 | 1506 | 70.31 | 1 | 5 | 110 | 9 | 13 | 0 |
T20Is | 6 | 6 | 0 | 203 | 61 | 33.83 | 161 | 126.08 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
First-class | 217 | 395 | 26 | 14681 | 212 | 39.78 | 38 | 63 | 239 | 0 | ||||
List A | 167 | 163 | 9 | 4570 | 135 | 29.67 | 8 | 24 | 68 | 0 | ||||
T20s | 36 | 34 | 2 | 642 | 61 | 20.06 | 612 | 104.90 | 0 | 3 | 70 | 12 | 15 | 0 |
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 43 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | - | - | - | 3.00 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ODIs | 47 | 2 | 17 | 17 | 0 | - | - | - | 6.00 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
T20Is | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
First-class | 217 | 592 | 289 | 5 | 2/33 | 57.80 | 2.92 | 118.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
List A | 167 | 77 | 61 | 1 | 1/18 | 1/18 | 61.00 | 4.75 | 77.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
T20s | 36 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Test debut | West Indies v Australia at Georgetown, Apr 10-13, 2003 scorecard |
Last Test | West Indies v Bangladesh at Kingston, Jul 12-14, 2018 scorecard |
Test statistics | |
ODI debut | West Indies v Australia at Kingston, May 17, 2003 scorecard |
Last ODI | West Indies v Pakistan at Gros Islet, Jul 24, 2013 scorecard |
ODI statistics | |
T20I debut | England v West Indies at The Oval, Jun 28, 2007 scorecard |
Last T20I | West Indies v Bangladesh at Basseterre, Aug 2, 2009 scorecard |
T20I statistics | |
First-class debut | 1998/99 |
Last First-class | Trinidad & Tobago v Windward Islands at Tarouba, Mar 12-14, 2020 scorecard |
List A debut | 1999/00 |
Last List A | Windward Islands v United States of America at Tarouba, Nov 23, 2019 scorecard |
T20s debut | England v West Indies at The Oval, Jun 28, 2007 scorecard |
Last T20s | St Lucia Zouks v Trinidad & Tobago Red Steel at Kingston, Aug 17, 2013 scorecard |
Bat & Bowl | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
67, 15 | Windward Is | v Trinidad & T | Tarouba | 12 Mar 2020 | FC |
72, 0 | Windward Is | v Jamaica | St George's | 5 Mar 2020 | FC |
21, 16 | Windward Is | v Barbados | Bridgetown | 27 Feb 2020 | FC |
27, 147* | Windward Is | v Guyana | St George's | 13 Feb 2020 | FC |
67 | Windward Is | v Trinidad & T | Roseau | 6 Feb 2020 | FC |
49, 3 | Windward Is | v Leeward Is | Gros Islet | 23 Jan 2020 | FC |
77, 47 | Windward Is | v Jamaica | Kingston | 16 Jan 2020 | FC |
33, 8 | Windward Is | v Barbados | Kingstown | 9 Jan 2020 | FC |
45 | Windward Is | v U.S.A. | Tarouba | 23 Nov 2019 | LA |
11 | Windward Is | v Guyana | Port of Spain | 19 Nov 2019 | LA |
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.