Clea Smith

Australian cricketer

Clea Smith
Personal information
Full name
Clea Rosemary Smith
Born (1979-01-06) 6 January 1979 (age 45)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
International information
National side
Only Test (cap 147)9 August 2005 v England
ODI debut (cap 90)29 January 2000 v England
Last ODI7 July 2011 v England
T20I debut (cap 18)19 July 2007 v New Zealand
Last T20I27 June 2011 v England
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1998/99–2011/12Victoria
Career statistics
Competition WTest WODI WT20I WNCL[1]
Matches 1 48 13 117
Runs scored 46 85 5 511
Batting average 23.00 14.16 1.25 15.48
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 42 27* 1* 39*
Balls bowled 72 2,198 300 6,006
Wickets 1 45 14 128
Bowling average 25.00 25.68 22.21 23.94
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 2
10 wickets in match 0 – – –
Best bowling 1/25 4/32 3/23 5/10
Catches/stumpings 0/– 9/– 1/– 31/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 26 December 2022

Clea Rosemary Smith (born 6 January 1979) is an Australian former cricket player.[2] She played in the Australian national cricket team in all three formats: Test, One Day International (ODI), and Twenty20 International (T20I).[3][4]

Cricket career

Smith played 165 domestic limited overs matches for the Victorian Spirit including 117 Women's National Cricket League (WNCL) games.[1] She also played 37 Women's Twenty20 cricket matches.[1] In November 2007, she took a hat-trick bowling in a WNCL match against Western Australia. She finished the match with 5 wickets and conceded only 10 runs, which were the best bowling figures she achieved in her career.[5][1] When she retired from cricket, she was one of only three bowlers to take a hat-trick in a WNCL match.[6]

Smith played one test, 48 One Day Internationals and 13 Twenty20 Internationals for Australia.[2] She holds the record for the highest ever test score made by a female cricketer in Women's cricket history batting at number 11 of 42 runs.[7] She retired in May 2012 after a 14-year playing career.[8][6]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Clea Smith". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Australia / Players / Clea Smith". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Inc. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
  3. ^ "Clea Smith (Player #160)". southernstars.org.au. Cricket Australia. Archived from the original on 1 March 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  4. ^ "Women's One-Day Internationals – Australia". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Inc. Archived from the original on 24 May 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  5. ^ "Smith hat-trick star turn in Victoria double". ESPNcricinfo. 25 November 2007. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Clea Smith announces retirement". ESPNcricinfo. 16 May 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
  7. ^ "Records | Women's Test matches | Batting records | Most runs in an innings (by batting position) | ESPN Cricinfo". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  8. ^ "Clea Smith retires". Cricket Australia. 16 May 2012. Archived from the original on 8 April 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2014.

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Australia squad – 2010 Women's World Twenty20 – Champions (1st title)
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