Will Smith (cricketer)

This article is about the cricketer. For the others with the same name, see Will Smith (disambiguation).

Will Smith

Personal information
Full name	William Rew Smith
Born	(1982-09-28) 28 September 1982 Luton, Bedfordshire, England
Height
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm off break
Role	Batsman
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2013–present	Hampshire (squad no. 2)
2006–2013	Durham (squad no. 2)
2002–2006	Nottinghamshire
1999–2002	Bedfordshire
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20 Matches 153 103 101 Runs scored 8,056 2,291 992 Batting average 33.70 29.00 17.10 100s/50s 16/32 2/18 0/3 Top score 201* 120* 55 Balls bowled 1,590 413 863 Wickets 23 14 41 Bowling average 42.65 26.28 24.78 5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 n/a n/a Best bowling 3/34 2/11 3/15 Catches/stumpings 98/– 36/– 43/–
Source: Cricinfo, 2 September 2014

William Rew Smith (born 28 September 1982 in Luton) is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-spin bowler. He currently plays for Hampshire County Cricket Club after signing on a two-year deal on 30th September 2013.

Smith originally played for Harrold CC and Bedford School (where he captained England opening batsman Alastair 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: Smith is a graduate of Durham University, where he successfully captained Durham UCCE and gained a 2:1 (Hons) 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 Division 1 as a result. Durham went on to win the County Championship for the first time in their history, and Smith's runs saw him named 2008 Player of the Year ahead of more recognisable names such as Chiv Chanderpaul and Steve Harmision.

Smith was appointed as the new captain of Durham on 14 November 2008, succeeding Dale Benkenstein.

Durham CCC continued their success in 2009, with Smith leading them to a successful defence of their County Championship Title in his first year in charge.

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 enjoys watching Football and supports non league side Rushden & Diamonds.

External links

• Will Smith at ECB