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Dwayne Smith

Full name: Dwayne Romel Smith

Born: 12th April 1983, Storey Gap, Codrington Hill, St Michael, Barbados

Batting: Right-hand batsman
Bowling: Right-arm medium pace

Teams: West Indies (Test: 2003/04-2005/06); West Indies (ODI: 2003/04-2007); West Indies (Int Twenty20: 2005/06-2007/08); Barbados (Main FC: 2001/02-2007/08); Barbados (Main ListA: 2003/04-2007/08); Sussex (Main ListA: 2008); Barbados (Main Twenty20: 2007/08); Sussex (Main Twenty20: 2008); All teams

Lists of matches and more detailed statistics
Articles: Australia crush West Indies to win DLF Cup

Dismal West Indies batting collapse hands India victory

Australia back with a bang as they thrash West Indies

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Pictures: Dwayne Smith hits a shot to complete his century

Smith is bowled by Umar Gul

Baugh takes catch of Yuvraj on Smith's delivery

Smith celebrates after taking a wicket

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The most outstanding aspect of Dwayne Smith’s game is that he has been able to maintain a strike rate of 100 despite playing over fifty ODIs. The average as only to be expected is well below 20 but during the short time he spends at the crease Smith clouts the ball freely for fours and sixes and his knocks can be pretty explosive – enough to swing a match around. Astonishingly Smith displays the same aggressiveness in Tests and in fact his career got off to a dream start – a century on debut against South Africa at Cape Town in January 2004. His unbeaten 105 off as many balls with 15 fours and two sixes was hailed as a knock in true Calypso tradition. He needed only 93 balls to bring up his hundred, only the second in his first class career. Since then he has found runs hard to come by and has not even notched up a half-century. But because of his dangerous qualities with the bat he remains a much-feared opponent. In addition he is a brilliant versatile fielder and his medium pacers have recently acquired a match winning touch. He has a five wicket haul and two four wicket hauls and the manner in which he ripped through the Indian top order at Kuala Lumpur in 2006 during the DLF Cup match was a revelation.
Profile DateLine: 20th February 2007 by CricketArchive

Test Career Batting and Fielding (2003/04-2005/06)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
West Indies	10	14	1	320	105*	24.61	1	0	70.02	9

Test Career Bowling (2003/04-2005/06)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	5wI	10wM	SRate	Econ
West Indies	651	20	344	7	3-71	49.14	0	0	93.00	3.17

First-Class Career Batting and Fielding (2001/02-2007/08)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Ct
Overall	60	99	6	2562	114	27.54	5	8	62

First-Class Career Bowling (2001/02-2007/08)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	5wI	10wM	SRate	Econ
Overall	4933	193	2479	87	4-22	28.49	0	0	56.70	3.01

One-Day International Career Batting and Fielding (2003/04-2007)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
West Indies	71	56	3	791	68	14.92	0	2	101.54	24

One-Day International Career Bowling (2003/04-2007)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
West Indies	2264	18	1813	49	5-45	37.00	3	1	46.20	4.80

One-Day Career Batting and Fielding (2003/04-2008)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Ct
Overall	106	88	6	1584	96	19.31	0	7	37

One-Day Career Bowling (2003/04-2008)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
Overall	2999	28	2421	64	5-45	37.82	3	1	46.85	4.84

International Twenty20 Career Batting and Fielding (2005/06-2007/08)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
West Indies	5	5	0	49	29	9.80	0	0	204.16	0

International Twenty20 Career Bowling (2005/06-2007/08)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
West Indies	80	0	108	5	3-24	21.60	0	0	16.00	8.10

Twenty20 Career Batting and Fielding (2005/06-2008)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
Overall	23	21	1	302	72*	15.10	0	1	143.80	5

Twenty20 Career Bowling (2005/06-2008)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
Overall	423	0	548	28	4-9	19.57	1	0	15.10	7.77