Nathan Bede Smith (born 9 July 1995) is an Australian-born Irish former cricketer.[1] He represented the Northern Knights team in the Inter-Provincial Championship, Ireland's first class competition. Smith was predominantly a bowler. In March 2019, Smith announced that he would no longer be available to be selected by Cricket Ireland, as he focused on opportunities in Australia.[2]
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| Full name | Nathan Bede Smith | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 July 1995 Sandringham, Victoria, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2016–2018 | Northern Knights | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 30 May 2017 Northern v North West | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LA debut | 29 May 2017 Northern v North West | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 27 July 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career edit
Smith made his List A debut for Northern Knights in the 2017 Inter-Provincial Cup on 29 May 2017.[3] He made his first-class debut for Northern Knights in the 2017 Inter-Provincial Championship on 30 May 2017.[4] He made his Twenty20 cricket debut for Northern Knights in the 2017 Inter-Provincial Trophy on 9 June 2017.[5]
In May 2018, Smith was named in a fourteen-man squad for Ireland's first ever Test match, to be played against Pakistan later the same month.[6][7] However, ahead of the match he suffered an injury, ruling him out of the fixture, and was replaced in the squad by Craig Young.[8]
References edit
- ^ "Nathan Smith". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
- ^ "Nathan Smith bids Irish cricket farewell". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- ^ "Cricket Ireland Inter-Provincial Limited Over Cup, North-West Warriors v Northern Knights at Strabane, May 29, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
- ^ "Cricket Ireland Inter-Provincial Championship, North-West Warriors v Northern Knights at Eglinton, May 30-Jun 1, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
- ^ "Cricket Ireland Inter-Provincial Twenty20 Trophy, Leinster Lightning v Northern Knights at Dublin, Jun 9, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
- ^ "Ireland announce 14-man squad for historic first Test against Pakistan". Belfast Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
- ^ "Ireland omit George Dockrell for historic first men's Test against Pakistan". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
- ^ "Craig Young replaces Nathan Smith in Ireland squad for Pakistan Test". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 10 May 2018.