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Ian Smith

Personal information
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling style	Right-arm bowler
Career statistics
Competition	Tests	ODIs
Matches	63	98
Runs scored	1815	1055
Batting average	25.56	17.29
100s/50s	2/6	-/3
Top score	173	62*
Balls bowled	18	-
Wickets	0	-
Bowling average	-	-
5 wickets in innings	-	-
10 wickets in match	-	n/a
Best bowling	-	-
Catches/stumpings	168/8	81/5
Source: Cricinfo, 4 February 2006

Ian David Stockley Smith (born 28 February 1957 in Nelson, New Zealand) is a former cricket player turned sporting commentator. He played as a wicket-keeper for New Zealand throughout the 1980s and part of the 1990s.

Smith has one of the highest ever strike rates as a batsman for One Day Internationals – 99 runs per 100 balls faced. He also holds the record for the highest score in Tests for a batsman coming in at number nine, which is 173 off 136 balls, scored against India at Eden Park in 1990.^[1] During the innings, he became joint holder of the record for most runs scored off a six-ball Test over, striking 24 runs off Atul Wassan.

Currently Smith works a radio announcer on BSport^[2] as a breakfast host and is also a commentator for SKY Sport (in New Zealand, commentating on both rugby union and cricket).

His son Jarrod Smith is a football player who played for the Seattle Sounders FC in MLS but is now a free agent and has also appeared for the New Zealand national football team.

References

External links

• CricInfo: Ian Smith profile

New Zealand squad – 1983 Cricket World Cup 1 Howarth (c) • 2 Bracewell • 3 Cairns • 4 Chatfield • 5 Coney • 6 JJ Crowe • 7 MD Crowe • 8 Edgar • 9 Hadlee • 10 Lees (wk) • 11 Smith (wk) • 12 Snedden • 13 Turner • 14 Wright

New Zealand squad – 1987 Cricket World Cup 1 JJ Crowe (c) • 2 Boock • 3 Bracewell • 4 Chatfield • 5 MD Crowe • 6 Horne • 7 Jones • 8 Morrison • 9 Patel • 10 Rutherford • 11 Smith (wk) • 12 Snedden • 13 Watson • 14 Wright

New Zealand squad – 1992 Cricket World Cup Semi-Finalists 1 Crowe (c) • 2 Cairns • 3 Greatbatch • 4 Harris • 5 Jones • 6 Larsen • 7 Latham • 8 Morrison • 9 Patel • 10 Rutherford • 11 Smith (wk) • 12 Su'a • 13 Watson • 14 Wright