| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Deon Desmond Smith | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 March 1968 Stellenbosch, Cape Province, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1991–1994 | Boland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1993–1994 | Boland B | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 1 September 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deon Dewald Smith (born 30 March 1968) is a former South African cricketer who is the current coach of South Western Districts at South African provincial level. His first-class player career for Boland spanned from 1991 to 1994.
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a 20-metre (22-yard) pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striking the ball bowled at the wicket with the bat, while the bowling and fielding side tries to prevent this and dismiss each player. Means of dismissal include being bowled, when the ball hits the stumps and dislodges the bails, and by the fielding side catching the ball after it is hit by the bat, but before it hits the ground. When ten players have been dismissed, the innings ends and the teams swap roles. The game is adjudicated by two umpires, aided by a third umpire and match referee in international matches. They communicate with two off-field scorers who record the match's statistical information.
First-class cricket is an official classification of the highest-standard international or domestic matches in the sport of cricket. A first-class match is of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officially adjudged to be worthy of the status by virtue of the standard of the competing teams. Matches must allow for the teams to play two innings each although, in practice, a team might play only one innings or none at all.
Born in Stellenbosch, Smith made his first-class debut in January 1991, against Border during the 1990–91 season of the Castle Bowl (the second division of the Currie Cup). [1] A right-arm fast bowler who batted with the opposite hand, in his first match he took 2/26 and 4/59, which included the wicket of South African international Peter Kirsten in both innings. [2] Despite his debut performance, Smith featured only irregularly for Boland over the following years, although he did play the entire 1993–94 season for the Boland second XI (known as Boland B). That team had gained first-class status for a single season only, following the senior Boland team's promotion to the main division. [1] Smith's only five-wicket haul, 5/80 from 31.3 overs, came against Griqualand West in the first match of the 1993–94 season. [3] His final match at first-class level came in March 1994, when Boland played the touring Australians. [1] Smith finished his career with 22 wickets from 11 matches, and made exactly the same number of runs, which came at a batting average of only 2.44. [4]
Stellenbosch is a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa, situated about 50 kilometres east of Cape Town, along the banks of the Eerste River at the foot of the Stellenbosch Mountain. It is the second oldest European settlement in the province, after Cape Town. The town became known as the City of Oaks or Eikestad in Afrikaans and Dutch due to the large number of oak trees that were planted by its founder, Simon van der Stel, to grace the streets and homesteads.
Fast bowling is one of two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket, the other being spin bowling. Practitioners of pace bowling are usually known as fast bowlers, quicks, or pacemen. They can also be referred to as a seam bowler or a 'fast bowler who can swing it' to reflect the predominant characteristic of their deliveries. Strictly speaking, a pure swing bowler does not need to have a high degree of pace, though dedicated medium-pace swing bowlers are rarely seen at Test level these days.
Peter Noel Kirsten is a former cricketer who represented South Africa in 12 Tests and 40 One Day Internationals from 1991 to 1994. He is the current coach of the Ugandan national side, having been appointed in August 2014.
Smith was appointed coach of South Western Districts for the 2006–07 season, its inaugural season in the CSA Provincial Competitions, and remained in the role until the end of the 2008–09 season. In August 2014, he was re-appointed coach of the team for the 2014–15 season, [5] and in June 2015, it was announced that he had been retained for the following 2015–16 season, including the inaugural Africa T20 Cup. [6]
The CSA Provincial Competitions are three South African domestic cricket competitions run by Cricket South Africa (CSA). Three-day (first-class) and one-day (list-A) competitions were introduced for the 2004–05 season, while a Twenty20 competition was introduced for the 2011–12 season.
The Africa T20 Cup is a Twenty20 cricket tournament organised by Cricket South Africa. It features a combination of South African provincial teams and teams representing other African countries, including Kenya, Namibia, and Zimbabwe.
