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Dave Langford-Smith

Dave Langford-Smith
Personal information
Full name David Langford-Smith
Born (1976-12-07) 7 December 1976 (age 40)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Batting style Right-hand
Bowling style Right arm fast-medium
International information
National side
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 December 7, 1976) 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. A right-handed batsman and right arm fast-medium bowler, he has played 34 times for the Ireland cricket team as of 10 June 2007. 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.

born 7 December 1976 in Sydney, New South Wales, 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. He made his debut for Ireland proper on 23 April 2006, playing against Hampshire in a C&G Trophy match.

He continued playing in the C&G Trophy that year, and made his first-class debut on 17 May 2006 in an 2006 ICC Intercontinental Cup match against Namibia. This was followed by a C&G Trophy match against Middlesex at Lord's and the aforementioned ODI against England in Belfast, which was his and Ireland's first One-Day International.


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