PLAYER CAREER

Chris Smith

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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England1983–1986

Scorecard coverage and data completeness

Career snapshots and available scorecards have different scopes. These counts describe recorded batting or bowling innings, not every international appearance.

Player archive coverage
Format	Matches	Bat inns	Balls recorded	Boundaries recorded	First scorecard	Latest scorecard
Test	8	14	14	14	1983-08-11	1986-06-19
ODI	4	4	4	4	1984-02-18	1984-03-26

12Internationals

501Career runs

0Centuries

5Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 8
Innings: 14
Runs: 392
Average: 30.15
Strike rate: 29.83
Highest score: 91
Not outs: 1
100s: 0
50s: 2
Ducks: 1
4s: 44
6s: 0
Balls faced: 1,314

Bowling

Matches: 8
Innings: 4
Balls: 102
Maidens: 4
Runs conceded: 39
Wickets: 3
Average: 13.00
Economy: 2.29
Strike rate: 34.00
Best innings: 2/31
Best match: 2/31
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 8
Innings: 16
Catches: 5
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 5
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 5
Dismissals / inns: 0.312
Best innings: 2 (2ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 4
Innings: 4
Runs: 109
Average: 27.25
Strike rate: 45.41
Highest score: 70
Not outs: 0
100s: 0
50s: 1
Ducks: 0
4s: 19
6s: 1
Balls faced: 240

Bowling

Matches: 4
Innings: 2
Balls: 36
Maidens: 0
Runs conceded: 28
Wickets: 2
Average: 14.00
Economy: 4.66
Strike rate: 18.00
Best innings: 2/8
Best match: 2/8
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 4
Innings: 4
Catches: 0
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 0
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 0
Dismissals / inns: 0.000
Best innings: 0

Career records checked: 2026-09-07. — means not recorded; N/A means the statistic does not apply. Career totals are independent of the scorecard archive.

Explore this player’s available match data

12 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters below apply to this archive only.

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
1986-06-19	England v India	Test	India won by 279 runs
1984-03-26	England v Pakistan	ODI	England won by 6 wickets
1984-03-19	England v Pakistan	Test	Match drawn
1984-03-12	England v Pakistan	Test	Match drawn
1984-03-02	England v Pakistan	Test	Pakistan won by 3 wickets
1984-02-25	England v New Zealand	ODI	New Zealand won by 7 wickets
1984-02-22	England v New Zealand	ODI	England won by 6 wickets
1984-02-18	England v New Zealand	ODI	England won by 54 runs
1984-02-10	England v New Zealand	Test	Match drawn
1984-01-20	England v New Zealand	Test	Match drawn
1983-08-25	England v New Zealand	Test	England won by 165 runs
1983-08-11	England v New Zealand	Test	England won by 127 runs

England

THE SHAPE OF A CAREER

Performance by year

Available scorecards

Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.

Test

Test · Runs by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact runs at right

198378 runs
1984280 runs
198634 runs

Test · Wickets by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact wickets at right

19832 wickets
19841 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 3 seasons

Test archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	4s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1986	1	2	34	28	17.00	39.08	0	5	87	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1984	5	8	280	91	40.00	29.35	2	29	954	3	1	8.00	1.60	30.00
1983	2	4	78	43	19.50	28.57	0	10	273	1	2	15.50	2.58	36.00

ODI

ODI · Runs by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact runs at right

1984109 runs

ODI · Wickets by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact wickets at right

19842 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 1 seasons

ODI archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1984	4	4	109	70	27.25	45.41	0	1	19	1	240	2	2	14.00	4.66	18.00

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.

1983-08-11
First available scorecard
Test v New Zealand · Lord's
1984-02-10
Highest recorded innings · 91 runs
Test v New Zealand · Auckland
1984-03-26
Best recorded bowling · 2/8
ODI v Pakistan · Karachi
1986-06-19
Latest available scorecard
Test v India · Leeds