Dwayne Smith by CricketArchive Staff Reporter

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Player:

DR Smith

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DateLine: 7th May 2009

 

Dwayne Smith entered cricketing arena when he was called up to join the West Indian Test squad in South Africa in 2002 and on the final day of the third Test at Newlands. He marked his entry with a wonderful debut century. He needed just 93 balls to justify his selection, bringing up his hundred. He is still inclined to lose his wicket under the influence of careless strokes. His flamboyant hitting is matched by his athletic fielding, while his useful medium-pacers have already claimed some prominent international batsmen. 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 and he continued his connection with the shortest format by signing with Mumbai in the Indian Premier League in 2008.