Tom Smith (cricketer, born 1985)

Tom Smith
Personal information
Full name
Thomas Christopher Smith
Born (1985-12-26) 26 December 1985
Liverpool, England
NicknameSmudger
Height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleAll-rounder
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2005–2017Lancashire (squad no. 24)
2008Leicestershire (on loan)
2011/12Matabeleland Tuskers
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 107 73 96
Runs scored 3,972 1,635 2,113
Batting average 29.42 32.70 27.80
100s/50s 3/26 2/11 0/11
Top score 128 117 92*
Balls bowled 13,431 2,700 1,229
Wickets 241 84 51
Bowling average 28.56 28.38 31.84
5 wickets in innings 7 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 6/46 4/48 3/12
Catches/stumpings 112/– 24/– 42/–
Source: CricketArchive, 25 January 2017

Thomas Christopher Smith (born 26 December 1985) is a former English 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.