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Full name Gregory James Smith
Born October 30, 1971, Pretoria, Transvaal
Current age 36 years 348 days
Major teams Northern Transvaal,Northerns,Nottinghamshire
Nickname Smudge
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Left-arm fast-medium
Height
6 ft 4 in
Education Pretoria BHS
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
First-class
147
179
56
1619
68
13.16
0
2
30
0
List A
134
49
23
231
20
8.88
0
0
20
0
Twenty20
9
4
3
18
11*
18.00
12
150.00
0
0
1
1
2
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
First-class
147
24743
12700
457
8/53
27.78
3.07
54.1
17
2
List A
134
6319
4586
186
5/11
5/11
24.65
4.35
33.9
6
3
0
Twenty20
9
9
202
269
5
1/17
1/17
53.80
7.99
40.4
0
0
0
Career statistics
First-class debut
1993/94
Last First-class
Nottinghamshire v Hampshire at Nottingham, Jul 14-17, 2006 scorecard
List A debut
1993/94
Last List A
Nottinghamshire v Sussex at Nottingham, Sep 17, 2006 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Nottinghamshire v Lancashire at Nottingham, Jun 16, 2003 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Yorkshire v Nottinghamshire at Leeds, Jul 3, 2005 scorecard
Profile
Once considered an international prospect, Smith was a consistent performer with Northern Transvaal and then Northerns in South Africa domestic cricket. However, with his path to the top-level blocked by a new generation of young pace bowlers he decided to secure his future by signing for Nottinghamshire as a Kolpak player. For the first few seasons he was an incisive strike bowler, but injuries hit his pace and now he is more of a support act. He was released by Notts in 2006. Andrew McGlashan July 2006
