Clea Rosemary Smith (born 6 January 1979) is an Australian former cricket player.[2] She played in the Australian national cricket team in all three formats: Test, One Day International (ODI), and Twenty20 International (T20I).[3][4]
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| Full name | Clea Rosemary Smith | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 January 1979 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Only Test (cap 147) | 9 August 2005 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 90) | 29 January 2000 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 7 July 2011 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 18) | 19 July 2007 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 27 June 2011 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1998/99–2011/12 | Victoria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cricket career
editSmith played 165 domestic limited overs matches for the Victorian Spirit including 117 Women's National Cricket League (WNCL) games.[1] She also played 37 Women's Twenty20 cricket matches.[1] In November 2007, she took a hat-trick bowling in a WNCL match against Western Australia. She finished the match with 5 wickets and conceded only 10 runs, which were the best bowling figures she achieved in her career.[5][1] When she retired from cricket, she was one of only three bowlers to take a hat-trick in a WNCL match.[6]
Smith played one test, 48 One Day Internationals and 13 Twenty20 Internationals for Australia.[2] She holds the record for the highest ever test score made by a female cricketer in Women's cricket history batting at number 11 of 42 runs.[7] She retired in May 2012 after a 14-year playing career.[8][6]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Clea Smith". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
- ^ a b "Australia / Players / Clea Smith". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Inc. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
- ^ "Clea Smith (Player #160)". southernstars.org.au. Cricket Australia. Archived from the original on 1 March 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
- ^ "Women's One-Day Internationals – Australia". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Inc. Archived from the original on 24 May 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
- ^ "Smith hat-trick star turn in Victoria double". ESPNcricinfo. 25 November 2007. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
- ^ a b "Clea Smith announces retirement". ESPNcricinfo. 16 May 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
- ^ "Records | Women's Test matches | Batting records | Most runs in an innings (by batting position) | ESPN Cricinfo". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
- ^ "Clea Smith retires". Cricket Australia. 16 May 2012. Archived from the original on 8 April 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
