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Full name | Clea Rosemary Smith | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1979-01-06) 6 January 1979 (age 45) 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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1998/99–2011/12 | Victoria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 26 December 2022 |
Clea Rosemary Smith (born 6 January 1979) is an Australian former cricket player. She played in the Australian national cricket team in all three formats: Test, One Day International (ODI), and Twenty20 International (T20I).
Cricket career
Smith played 165 domestic limited overs matches for the Victorian Spirit including 117 Women's National Cricket League (WNCL) games. She also played 37 Women's Twenty20 cricket matches. 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. When she retired from cricket, she was one of only three bowlers to take a hat-trick in a WNCL match.
Smith played one test, 48 One Day Internationals and 13 Twenty20 Internationals for Australia. 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. She retired in May 2012 after a 14-year playing career.
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Clea Smith". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
- "Smith hat-trick star turn in Victoria double". ESPNcricinfo. 25 November 2007. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
- ^ "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.
External links
Australia squad – 2005 Women's Cricket World Cup – Champions (5th title) | ||
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Australia squad – 2010 Women's World Twenty20 – Champions (1st title) | ||
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