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Full name Paul Andrew Smith
Born April 15, 1964, Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland
Current age 44 years 179 days
Major teams Warwickshire
Nickname Moonman, Smithy
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Height
6 ft 2 in
Education Heaton Grammar School
Relations Father - KD Smith,Brother - KD Smith
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
100
50
Ct
St
First-class
221
351
42
8173
140
26.44
4
48
60
0
List A
270
232
38
4430
93*
22.83
0
15
44
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
First-class
221
15931
10109
283
6/91
35.72
3.80
56.2
7
0
List A
270
8047
6686
234
5/36
5/36
28.57
4.98
34.3
5
3
0
Career statistics
First-class span
1982 - 1996
List A span
1982 - 1996
Profile
An aggressive batsman and fast - if erratic - bowler, Paul Smith was a talented allrounder with a variety of hairstyles, albeit one who never quite fulfilled his early promise. He made his maiden hundred aged 19 and in 1984 scored 1000 runs for the first time. In 1986 he was asked to open the innings with Andy Moles and he responded with 1500 runs. But he was then rather oddly dropped back down to the middle order and his batting was never quite as effective, becoming something of a bits and pieces player. His best season with the ball came in 1992 when he took 42 wickets, including four of his seven career five-fors, although he also grabbed two hat-tricks in 1989 and 1990.
He was really most effective in one-day cricket, playing a part in three winning Lord's finals and establishing himself as a key part of Warwickshire's one-day successes, and he was instrumental in their domestic treble of County Championship, Sunday League and B&H Cup - they lost the fourth and final prize, the NatWest Trophy, in the final.
Smith's career ended under a cloud, and after being released he sold a story of long-term drug abuse to a Sunday tabloid. The ECB reacted by banning him for two years, a rather pointless exercise given he was already out of the game. But his revelations cost him his marriage and his house, and left him a virtual down and out for a while before he made a courageous recovery.
He now works for the Prince's Trust in Britain and with downtown youths in LA in tough, violent districts.
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