Dave Langford-Smith

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Dave Langford-Smith
Personal information
Full name
David Langford-Smith
Born (1976-12-07) 7 December 1976 (age 47)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight arm fast-medium
International information
National side
ODI debut(cap  6)13 June 2006 v  England
Last ODI22 March 2008 v  Bangladesh
ODI shirt no.76
Career statistics
Competition ODI FC LA
Matches22733
Runs scored14222269
Batting average 15.7711.0017.93
100s/50s0/00/00/0
Top score31*1539
Balls bowled9428811,323
Wickets 252234
Bowling average 31.8820.3136.29
5 wickets in innings 020
10 wickets in match000
Best bowling3/325/453/32
Catches/stumpings 5/–4/–6/–
Source: CricketArchive, 27 September 2008

David Langford-Smith (born 7 December 1976) is a former Irish cricketer, [1] who was the first man to take a wicket in a One Day International for Ireland. [2] A right-handed batsman and right arm fast-medium bowler, [3] he has played 34 times for the Ireland cricket team as of 10 June 2007. [4] Dave also played 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.

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Cricket career

Born 7 December 1976 in Sydney, New South Wales, [3] 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. [5] He made his debut for Ireland proper on 23 April 2006, playing against Hampshire [4] in a C&G Trophy match. [6]

He continued playing in the C&G Trophy that year, [6] and made his first-class debut on 17 May 2006 in an 2006 ICC Intercontinental Cup match against Namibia. [7] This was followed by a C&G Trophy match against Middlesex at Lord's [6] and the aforementioned ODI against England in Belfast, which was his [8] and Ireland's first One-Day International. [9]

Langford-Smith then played in the 2006 European Championship in Scotland in August, [10] playing against Denmark, Italy, the Netherlands and Scotland. This was followed by a match against the MCC at Lord's [4] and an Intercontinental Cup match against Scotland in Aberdeen. [7]

Langford-Smith's next matches for Ireland were in Division One of the World Cricket League in Nairobi in early 2007, [4] playing in ODIs against Scotland, Kenya, Canada and the Netherlands. [8] He then played in an Intercontinental Cup match against the UAE in Abu Dhabi [7] before heading to the West Indies to take part in the 2007 Cricket World Cup. [8]

He played in all nine of Ireland's matches in the 2007 World Cup, taking seven wickets, [11] and has continued in the Irish side since, playing in the 2007 Friends Provident Trophy [6] and in the final of the Intercontinental Cup against Canada. [7] This is his most recent game for Ireland at the time of writing. [4] He was not named in Ireland's squad for their ODIs against India and South Africa in June 2007 due to injury, [12] though he turned out for his club, Phoenix Cricket Club, the day after the squad was announced. [13]

Statistics

In all matches for Ireland, Langford-Smith has scored 246 runs at an average of 15.38 with a top score of 39 against Somerset in May 2007, [4] also his highest List A score. [3] He has taken 48 wickets at an average of 28.35, with best innings bowling figures of 5/65 against Scotland in August 2006, [4] also his best first-class bowling performance [3] and the only time he has taken five wickets in an innings for Ireland. [4] His highest first-class score with the bat is six not out, and his best List A bowling performance is 3/32. That List A bowling performance is his best ODI bowling performance, [3] against Scotland. [14]

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References

  1. ↑ "All-time Ireland team (1)". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  2. ↑ Scorecard of Ireland v England ODI, 13 June 2006 at CricketArchive
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Cricket Archive profile
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 CricketEurope Stats Zone profile
  5. ↑ Scorecard of first and scorecard of second Ireland v MCC matches, June 2005 at Cricket Archive
  6. 1 2 3 4 List A matches played by David Langford-Smith at Cricket Archive
  7. 1 2 3 4 First-class matches played by David Langford-Smith at Cricket Archive
  8. 1 2 3 ODIs played by David Langford-Smith at Cricket Archive
  9. ↑ List of ODIs played by Ireland Archived 29 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine at Cricket Archive
  10. ↑ Squads for the 2006 European Championship Division One at CricketEurope
  11. ↑ Player profile at Cricinfo
  12. ↑ "Article about Ireland squad for ODIs in June". Archived from the original on 24 May 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2007.
  13. ↑ Article about Langford-Smith playing for his club
  14. ↑ ODI bowling against each opponent by David Langford-Smith at Cricket Archive
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