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Full name Dwayne Romel Smith
Born April 12, 1983, Storey Gap, Codrington Hill, St Michael, Barbados
Current age 25 years 149 days
Major teams West Indies,Barbados,Mumbai Indians,Sussex
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
10
14
1
320
105*
24.61
457
70.02
1
0
47
6
9
0
ODIs
71
56
3
791
68
14.92
779
101.54
0
2
62
40
24
0
T20Is
5
5
0
49
29
9.80
24
204.16
0
0
3
4
0
0
First-class
60
99
6
2562
114
27.54
5
8
62
0
List A
106
88
6
1584
96
19.31
0
7
37
0
Twenty20
23
21
1
302
72*
15.10
210
143.80
0
1
21
19
5
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
10
13
651
344
7
3/71
3/115
49.14
3.17
93.0
0
0
0
ODIs
71
57
2264
1813
49
5/45
5/45
37.00
4.80
46.2
3
1
0
T20Is
5
4
80
108
5
3/24
3/24
21.60
8.10
16.0
0
0
0
First-class
60
4933
2479
87
4/22
28.49
3.01
56.7
4
0
0
List A
106
2999
2421
64
5/45
5/45
37.82
4.84
46.8
3
1
0
Twenty20
23
22
423
548
28
4/9
4/9
19.57
7.77
15.1
1
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
South Africa v West Indies at Cape Town, Jan 2-6, 2004 scorecard
Last Test
New Zealand v West Indies at Napier, Mar 25-29, 2006 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
South Africa v West Indies at Cape Town, Jan 25, 2004 scorecard
Last ODI
Ireland v West Indies at Dublin, Jul 14, 2007 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut
New Zealand v West Indies at Auckland, Feb 16, 2006 scorecard
Last T20I
Bangladesh v West Indies at Johannesburg, Sep 13, 2007 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut
2001/02
Last First-class
Trinidad & Tobago v Barbados at Pointe-a-Pierre, Mar 28-31, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
2003/04
Last List A
Sussex v Lancashire at Hove, Aug 25, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
New Zealand v West Indies at Auckland, Feb 16, 2006 scorecard
Tall, aggressive, and powerful, Dwayne Smith shares his name with, among others, the wide receiver for the Wisconsin Badgers, and the winner of the 2002 World Championship of Public Speaking. But when, in December 2003, he was called up to join the West Indian Test squad in South Africa, he was arguably as well known in cricket circles as either of them. All that changed, however, on the final day of the third Test at Newlands, where he brought the calypso back to Caribbean cricket with a wonderful debut century. Smith had been given a surprise opportunity - ahead of his Grenadian namesake Devon - when Marlon Samuels flew home with a knee injury. It was rumoured that Viv Richards had recognised something of himself in the stance of the young Barbadian and, sure enough, he needed just 93 balls to justify his selection, bringing up his hundred with a crashing cover-drive. It was only the second century of Smith's first-class career, but it was enough to stem West Indies' run of seven consecutive defeats in South Africa. His batting reflects both his temperament and his youth, as he is still inclined to lose his wicket under the influence of careless strokeplay, and he made starts, but no more, in the next few Tests. His flamboyant hitting is matched by his athletic fielding, while his useful medium-pacers have already tasted some success at domestic level for Barbados. Despite the fact that he eked out runs at a paltry 8.15 in 17 games in the 2006-07 season, he was picked for the World Cup squad and put in a number of good performances with his typically savage hitting. An impressive tour of England in 2007 earned him selection into West Indies' final 15-man squad for September's Twenty20 World Championship and he continued his connection with the shortest format by signing with Mumbai in the Indian Premier League in 2008.
Andrew Miller May 2008
