Will Smith (cricketer)

William Rew Smith (born September 28, 1982 in Luton) is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-spin bowler.

Smith originally played for Harrold CC and Bedford School (where he captained England opening batsman Alistair Cook). He played minor county cricket for Bedfordshire as a schoolboy, until he moved to Nottinghamshire in 2002. Primarily an opening batsman, at times Smith has been played slightly further down the order, especially during the Twenty20 cup. Smith is an exciting fielder and has taken some great catches (Twenty 20 Cup Finals day vs Surrey) and has fielded as 12th Man for the full England side whilst at Trent Bridge.

Though having played three times during Nottinghamshire's 2005 title-winning season, he was unable to establish himself within the Championship team, and subsequently joined Durham CCC, thus returning to his University town where he successfully captained Durham UCCE whilst gaining a 2:1 in Biochemistry.

During the course of the 2008 season, Smith has established himself in the Durham championship side, primarily batting at No 3, and recently recorded his maiden 1st class double-hundred (201 not out) against Surrey, sending Durham to the top of the County Champion Div 1 as a result.

Away from the playing side, Smith is a keen journalist and writes for All-Out Cricket as well as ad-hoc commentary for Sky and the BBC. He also likes Football and supports non league side Rushden and Diamonds.

External links

* [http://www.ecb.co.uk/stats/players/nottinghamshire/will-smith,365,PP.html Will Smith] at ECB