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Full name Devon Sheldon Smith
Born October 21, 1981, Hermitage, Sauters, St Patrick, Grenada
Current age 26 years 209 days
Major teams West Indies, Southern Windward Islands, West Indies A, Windward Islands
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak

Batting and fielding averages
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	22	41	2	969	108	24.84	2070	46.81	1	3	141	0	19
ODIs	26	24	2	512	91	23.27	753	67.99	0	2	55	4	10
T20Is	5	5	0	166	61	33.20	134	123.88	0	2	19	3	0
First-class	103	186	8	6503	181	36.53			14	32			85
List A	73	70	4	1724	135	26.12			1	9			28
Twenty20	6	6	0	183	61	30.50	155	118.06	0	2	22	3	0

Bowling averages
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
ODIs	26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
T20Is	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
First-class	103		420	208	2	1/2		104.00	2.97	210.0	0	0	0
List A	73	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Twenty20	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Career statistics
Test debut	West Indies v Australia at Georgetown, Apr 10-13, 2003 scorecard
Last Test	West Indies v Sri Lanka at Port of Spain, Apr 3-6, 2008 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	West Indies v Australia at Kingston, May 17, 2003 scorecard
Last ODI	West Indies v Sri Lanka at Port of Spain, Apr 10, 2008 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut	England v West Indies at The Oval, Jun 28, 2007 scorecard
Last T20I	South Africa v West Indies at Johannesburg, Jan 18, 2008 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut	1998/99
Last First-class	West Indies v Sri Lanka at Port of Spain, Apr 3-6, 2008 scorecard
List A debut	1999/00
Last List A	West Indies v Sri Lanka at Port of Spain, Apr 10, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	England v West Indies at The Oval, Jun 28, 2007 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Barbados v Grenada at Coolidge, Feb 15, 2008 scorecard

Profile

A belligerent left-handed opening batsman from Grenada, Devon Smith was drafted into the West Indies squad ahead of the Test series against India in March 2002, after making 750 runs for Windward Islands in the Busta Cup, though he made his debut 13 months later against a far tougher opponent. In his first Test, against Australia, Smith scored a blazing 62 in a losing cause, but failed to score in the next Test. A good eye compensates for his lack of footwork and throughout the series he showed promise, but it wasn't enough, and he was dropped to smooth off the rough edges. In 2004, he was selected to open against England, and he immediately pulled his team out of a hole with a stroke-filled century. But just as he began to settle into a groove, a freak net injury left him with a fractured thumb, and he missed the next two Tests. He was axed after another failure in the Test series against Australia in 2005-06 and spent two years in the wilderness. He returned to play in the one-dayers against India in 2006-07 and was picked for the World Cup squad where his form was solid rather than spectacular. He failed to move out of first gear against England in 2007, and he followed with a horror tour of Zimbabwe and South Africa that was only saved by his ODI career-best 91 in Johannesburg. Smith was shunted down to No. 6 in the Test series against Sri Lanka as West Indies tweaked their top order, indicating that his role might change in the future.
Will Luke May 2008

Apr 6, 2008

Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Devon Smith celebrate the win
© AFP

Feb 14, 2008

Portrait of Devon Smith
© Stanford 20/20

Feb 3, 2008

Devon Smith tucks one from Shaun Pollock to the leg side
© AFP

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