Dave Langford-Smith

Dave Langford-Smith
Personal information
Full name
David Langford-Smith
Born (1976-12-07) 7 December 1976 (age 48)
Sydney, Australia
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight arm fast-medium
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 6)13 June 2006 v England
Last ODI22 March 2008 v Bangladesh
ODI shirt no.76
Career statistics
Competition ODI FC LA
Matches 22 7 33
Runs scored 142 22 269
Batting average 15.77 11.00 17.93
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 31* 15 39
Balls bowled 942 881 1,323
Wickets 25 22 34
Bowling average 31.88 20.31 36.29
5 wickets in innings 0 2 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 3/32 5/45 3/32
Catches/stumpings 5/– 4/– 6/–
Source: CricketArchive, 27 September 2008

David Langford-Smith (born 7 December 1976) is a former Irish cricketer,[1] who was the first man to take a wicket in a One Day International for Ireland.[2] A right-handed batsman and right arm fast-medium bowler,[3] he has played 34 times for the Ireland cricket team as of 10 June 2007.[4] Dave also played for, Phoenix Cricket club /, where he is a strong player and is the head coach of all teams. He has Played for Phoenix for several years.

Cricket career

Born 7 December 1976 in Sydney,[3] Langford-Smith's first two Ireland matches were played in June 2005, but he was playing against Ireland for the MCC as Ireland warmed up for the 2005 ICC Trophy.[5] He made his debut for Ireland proper on 23 April 2006, playing against Hampshire[4] in a C&G Trophy match.[6]

He continued playing in the C&G Trophy that year,[6] and made his first-class debut on 17 May 2006 in a 2006 ICC Intercontinental Cup match against Namibia.[7] This was followed by a C&G Trophy match against Middlesex at Lord's[6] and the aforementioned ODI against England in Belfast, which was his[8] and Ireland's first One-Day International.[9]

Langford-Smith then played in the 2006 European Championship in Scotland in August,[10] playing against Denmark, Italy, the Netherlands and Scotland. This was followed by a match against the MCC at Lord's[4] and an Intercontinental Cup match against Scotland in Aberdeen.[7]

Langford-Smith's next matches for Ireland were in Division One of the World Cricket League in Nairobi in early 2007,[4] playing in ODIs against Scotland, Kenya, Canada and the Netherlands.[8] He then played in an Intercontinental Cup match against the UAE in Abu Dhabi[7] before heading to the West Indies to take part in the 2007 Cricket World Cup.[8]

He played in all nine of Ireland's matches in the 2007 World Cup, taking seven wickets,[11] and has continued in the Irish side since, playing in the 2007 Friends Provident Trophy[6] and in the final of the Intercontinental Cup against Canada.[7] This is his most recent game for Ireland at the time of writing.[4] He was not named in Ireland's squad for their ODIs against India and South Africa in June 2007 due to injury,[12] though he turned out for his club, Phoenix Cricket Club, the day after the squad was announced.[13]

Statistics

In all matches for Ireland, Langford-Smith has scored 246 runs at an average of 15.38 with a top score of 39 against Somerset in May 2007,[4] also his highest List A score.[3] He has taken 48 wickets at an average of 28.35, with best innings bowling figures of 5/65 against Scotland in August 2006,[4] also his best first-class bowling performance[3] and the only time he has taken five wickets in an innings for Ireland.[4] His highest first-class score with the bat is six not out, and his best List A bowling performance is 3/32. That List A bowling performance is his best ODI bowling performance,[3] against Scotland.[14]

References

  1. ^ "All-time Ireland team (1)". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 21 January 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  2. ^ Scorecard of Ireland v England ODI, 13 June 2006 at CricketArchive
  3. ^ a b c d e Cricket Archive profile
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h "CricketEurope Stats Zone profile". Archived from the original on 2 December 2008. Retrieved 18 June 2007.
  5. ^ Scorecard of first and scorecard of second Ireland v MCC matches, June 2005 at Cricket Archive
  6. ^ a b c d List A matches played by David Langford-Smith at Cricket Archive
  7. ^ a b c d First-class matches played by David Langford-Smith at Cricket Archive
  8. ^ a b c ODIs played by David Langford-Smith Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine at Cricket Archive
  9. ^ List of ODIs played by Ireland Archived 29 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine at Cricket Archive
  10. ^ Squads for the 2006 European Championship Division One Archived 8 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine at CricketEurope
  11. ^ Player profile at Cricinfo
  12. ^ "Article about Ireland squad for ODIs in June". Archived from the original on 24 May 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2007.
  13. ^ "Article about Langford-Smith playing for his club". Archived from the original on 24 May 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2007.
  14. ^ ODI bowling against each opponent by David Langford-Smith at Cricket Archive