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Full name Neil Michael Knight Smith
Born July 27, 1967, Solihull, Warwickshire
Current age 40 years 343 days
Major teams England,Warwickshire
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Relations Father - MJK Smith
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
ODIs
7
6
1
100
31
20.00
132
75.75
0
0
15
0
1
0
First-class
205
289
34
6783
161
26.60
4
35
73
0
List A
330
273
39
4967
125
21.22
2
25
100
0
Twenty20
7
4
1
24
12
8.00
13
184.61
0
0
2
2
1
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
ODIs
7
6
261
190
6
3/29
3/29
31.66
4.36
43.5
0
0
0
First-class
205
28100
13968
374
7/42
37.34
2.98
75.1
18
0
List A
330
11338
8424
306
6/33
6/33
27.52
4.45
37.0
4
3
0
Twenty20
7
6
87
127
6
2/20
2/20
21.16
8.75
14.5
0
0
0
Career statistics
ODI debut
South Africa v England at Cape Town, Jan 9, 1996 scorecard
Last ODI
England v India at Manchester, May 26-27, 1996 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1987 - 2003
List A span
1987 - 2004
Twenty20 debut
Somerset v Warwickshire at Taunton, Jun 13, 2003 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Surrey v Warwickshire at Nottingham, Jul 19, 2003 scorecard
Profile
Neil Smith has held two rather unusual records. When he led Warwickshire out
for a one-day game against Northamptonshire in 1997, it was the first time a
father and son had both captained the county (his father is, MJK Smith, who also captained England). Smith junior's other claim to fame is that he registered the earliest century in County Championship history when he hit a hundred against Durham at Edgbaston on 17 April, 1998. However, he lost that record to team-mate Dougie Brown a year later. Unfortunately for Smith, he also lost the captaincy to Michael Powell at the end of the 2000 season - in which the county reached a Lord's final and gained promotion in the National League. Smith made his debut for Warwickshire in 1987 and received his county cap six years later. A right-hand bat and offspiner, he has turned in a series of consistent seasons, averaging in the mid-20s with the bat and taking more than 300 first-class wickets, but at an average of well over 30. He played in two one-day internationals in South Africa and three World Cup games in Pakistan in 1996. Two more one-day appearances followed in the summer against India but his performances were rather ordinary and he faded from the scene.
Graham Holburn
