Tom Smith (cricketer born 1985)
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| Full name | Thomas Christopher Smith | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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26 December 1985 Liverpool, England |
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| Nickname | Smudger | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2005–2017 | Lancashire (squad no. 24) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | → Leicestershire (on loan) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Matabeleland Tuskers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 25 January 2017
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Thomas Christopher "Tom" Smith (born 26 December 1985) is a former cricketer who played for Lancashire County Cricket Club. He had also been a member of the England Academy team. In 2008, he played for Leicestershire on loan because he was unable to break into Lancashire's first team. He is an all-rounder, bowling right-arm medium and batting left-handed. At the start of the 2009 season, Smith was promoted to open the batting, having previously batted in the lower order, and secured his place there. In 2011, the year Lancashire won the County Championship for the first time since 1950, Smith became the first Lancashire player to score a century and take four wickets in the same one-day match. In 2011/12 Smith played for the Matabeleland Tuskers in Zimbabwe as an overseas player in the domestic twenty20 competition.
Smith started out at his local team Withnell Fold at an early age.
[Smith] is a nagging seamer with the ability to bring the ball back into the right-handers and has already made a habit of bowling batsmen when they leave the ball. He has talent with the bat, too, although this has yet to be fully realised.
Smith received the NBC Denis Compton Award for the most promising Lancashire player in 2005 and 2006. His Lancashire debut came late in 2005, but he made his big breakthrough in 2006. Smith previously attended Parklands High School in Chorley and Runshaw College in Leyland and played for cricket clubs in Withnell Fold and Chorley Cricket Club.
Late in April 2008, Smith suffered a thigh injury which prevented him from playing for seven weeks. In late June 2008, Smith signed a contract with Leicestershire – who were in the second division of the County Championship – to play on loan from Lancashire for a month. Lancashire had a full strength bowling attack – including Andrew Flintoff and James Anderson who had returned from England duty – and Smith was unable to break into the side. Smith explained that "I am Lancashire born and bred and I want to play for Lancashire for all of my career. I'm just going to get some cricket and make sure I am ticking over well". He was immediately drafted into the Leicestershire side.
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