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Dave Langford-Smith Personal information Full name David Langford-Smith Born 7 December 1976
Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaBatting style Right-hand Bowling style Right arm fast-medium International information National side Ireland ODI debut (cap 6) 13 June 2006 v England Last ODI 22 March 2008 v Bangladesh Domestic team information Years Team 2006–present Ireland Career statistics Competition ODIs FC LA Matches 22 7 33 Runs scored 142 22 269 Batting average 15.77 11.00 17.93 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 Top score 31* 15 39 Balls bowled 942 881 1,323 Wickets 25 22 34 Bowling average 31.88 20.31 36.29 5 wickets in innings 0 2 0 10 wickets in match n/a 0 n/a Best bowling 3/32 5/45 3/32 Catches/stumpings 5/– 4/– 6/– Source: CricketArchive, 27 September 2008 David "Dave" Langford-Smith (born 7 December 1976 in Sydney, New South Wales)[1] is an Australian-born Irish cricketer who, on 13 June 2006, became the first man to take a wicket in a One Day International for Ireland, when he dismissed Ed Joyce (a former Ireland cricketer making his debut for England) at Belfast.[2] A right-handed batsman and right arm fast-medium bowler,[1] he has played 34 times for the Ireland cricket team as of 10 June 2007.[3] Dave also plays for, Phoenix Cricket club /, where he is a strong player and is the head coach of all teams. He has Played for Phoenix for several years.
Cricket career
Langford-Smith's first two Ireland matches were played in June 2005, but he was playing against Ireland for the MCC as Ireland warmed up for the 2005 ICC Trophy.[4] He made his debut for Ireland proper on 23 April 2006, playing against Hampshire[3] in a C&G Trophy match.[5]
He continued playing in the C&G Trophy that year,[5] and made his first-class debut on 17 May 2006 in an 2006 ICC Intercontinental Cup match against Namibia.[6] This was followed by a C&G Trophy match against Middlesex at Lord's[5] and the aforementioned ODI against England in Belfast, which was his[7] and Ireland's first One-Day International.[8]
Langford-Smith then played in the 2006 European Championship in Scotland in August,[9] playing against Denmark, Italy, the Netherlands and Scotland. This was followed by a match against the MCC at Lord's[3] and an Intercontinental Cup match against Scotland in Aberdeen.[6]
Langford-Smith's next matches for Ireland were in Division One of the World Cricket League in Nairobi in early 2007,[3] playing in ODIs against Scotland, Kenya, Canada and the Netherlands.[7] He then played in an Intercontinental Cup match against the UAE in Abu Dhabi[6] before heading to the West Indies to take part in the 2007 Cricket World Cup.[7]
He played in all nine of Ireland's matches in the 2007 World Cup, taking seven wickets,[10] and has continued in the Irish side since, playing in the 2007 Friends Provident Trophy[5] and in the final of the Intercontinental Cup against Canada.[6] This is his most recent game for Ireland at the time of writing.[3] He was not named in Ireland's squad for their ODIs against India and South Africa in June 2007 due to injury,[11] though he turned out for his club, Phoenix Cricket Club, the day after the squad was announced.[12]
Statistics
In all matches for Ireland, Langford-Smith has scored 246 runs at an average of 15.38 with a top score of 39 against Somerset in May 2007,[3] also his highest List A score.[1] He has taken 48 wickets at an average of 28.35, with best innings bowling figures of 5/65 against Scotland in August 2006,[3] also his best first-class bowling performance[1] and the only time he has taken five wickets in an innings for Ireland.[3] His highest first-class score with the bat is six not out, and his best List A bowling performance is 3/32. That List A bowling performance is his best ODI bowling performance,[1] against Scotland.[13]
References
- ^ a b c d e Cricket Archive profile
- ^ Scorecard of Ireland v England ODI, 13 June 2006 at Cricket Archive
- ^ a b c d e f g h CricketEurope Stats Zone profile
- ^ Scorecard of first and scorecard of second Ireland v MCC matches, June 2005 at Cricket Archive
- ^ a b c d List A matches played by David Langford-Smith at Cricket Archive
- ^ a b c d First-class matches played by David Langford-Smith at Cricket Archive
- ^ a b c ODIs played by David Langford-Smith at Cricket Archive
- ^ List of ODIs played by Ireland at Cricket Archive
- ^ Squads for the 2006 European Championship Division One at CricketEurope
- ^ Player profile at Cricinfo
- ^ Article about Ireland squad for ODIs in June
- ^ Article about Langford-Smith playing for his club
- ^ ODI bowling against each opponent by David Langford-Smith at Cricket Archive
Ireland squad – 2007 Cricket World Cup Categories:- 1976 births
- Living people
- Irish cricketers
- Ireland One Day International cricketers
- Irish people of Australian descent
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