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Full name Dwayne Romel Smith
Born April 12, 1983, Storey Gap, Codrington Hill, St Michael, Barbados
Current age 25 years 35 days
Major teams West Indies, Barbados
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium

Batting and fielding averages
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	10	14	1	320	105*	24.61	457	70.02	1	0	47	6	9
ODIs	71	56	3	791	68	14.92	779	101.54	0	2	62	40	24
T20Is	5	5	0	49	29	9.80	24	204.16	0	0	3	4	0
First-class	60	99	6	2562	114	27.54			5	8			62
List A	101	84	5	1537	96	19.45			0	7			32
Twenty20	9	9	0	72	29	8.00	51	141.17	0	0	4	5	1

Bowling averages
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Tests	10	13	651	344	7	3/71	3/115	49.14	3.17	93.0	0	0
ODIs	71	57	2264	1813	49	5/45	5/45	37.00	4.80	46.2	3	1
T20Is	5	4	80	108	5	3/24	3/24	21.60	8.10	16.0	0	0
First-class	60		4933	2479	87	4/22		28.49	3.01	56.7	4	0
List A	101		2915	2358	63	5/45	5/45	37.42	4.85	46.2	3	1
Twenty20	9	8	147	168	11	4/9	4/9	15.27	6.85	13.3	1	0

Career statistics
Test debut	South Africa v West Indies at Cape Town, Jan 2-6, 2004 scorecard
Last Test	New Zealand v West Indies at Napier, Mar 25-29, 2006 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	South Africa v West Indies at Cape Town, Jan 25, 2004 scorecard
Last ODI	Ireland v West Indies at Dublin, Jul 14, 2007 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut	New Zealand v West Indies at Auckland, Feb 16, 2006 scorecard
Last T20I	Bangladesh v West Indies at Johannesburg, Sep 13, 2007 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut	2001/02
Last First-class	Trinidad & Tobago v Barbados at Pointe-a-Pierre, Mar 28-31, 2008 scorecard
List A debut	2003/04
Last List A	Barbados v Jamaica at Providence, Oct 21, 2007 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	New Zealand v West Indies at Auckland, Feb 16, 2006 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Barbados v Trinidad & Tobago at Coolidge, Feb 22, 2008 scorecard

Profile

Tall, aggressive, and powerful, Dwayne Smith shares his name with, among others, the wide receiver for the Wisconsin Badgers, and the winner of the 2002 World Championship of Public Speaking. But when, in December 2003, he was called up to join the West Indian Test squad in South Africa, he was arguably as well known in cricket circles as either of them. All that changed, however, on the final day of the third Test at Newlands, where he brought the calypso back to Caribbean cricket with a wonderful debut century. Smith had been given a surprise opportunity - ahead of his Grenadian namesake Devon - when Marlon Samuels flew home with a knee injury. It was rumoured that Viv Richards had recognised something of himself in the stance of the young Barbadian and, sure enough, he needed just 93 balls to justify his selection, bringing up his hundred with a crashing cover-drive. It was only the second century of Smith's first-class career, but it was enough to stem West Indies' run of seven consecutive defeats in South Africa. His batting reflects both his temperament and his youth, as he is still inclined to lose his wicket under the influence of careless strokeplay, and he made starts, but no more, in the next few Tests. His flamboyant hitting is matched by his athletic fielding, while his useful medium-pacers have already tasted some success at domestic level for Barbados. Despite the fact that he eked out runs at a paltry 8.15 in 17 games in the 2006-07 season, he was picked for the World Cup squad and put in a number of good performances with his typically savage hitting. An impressive tour of England in 2007 earned him selection into West Indies' final 15-man squad for September's Twenty20 World Championship.
Andrew Miller August 2007

Feb 4, 2008

Portrait of Dwayne Smith
© Stanford 20/20

Jan 25, 2008

Dwayne Smith proudly stands next to Barbados' flag
© Stanford 20/20

Jan 14, 2008

Dwayne Smith wins a leg before appeal against Esuan Crandon
© The Nation

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