Kai Smith (born 28 November 2004) is a professional cricketer who has played for Warwickshire County Cricket Club and the United Arab Emirates national under-19 cricket team. He is a right-handed wicket-keeper batsman.[1]
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| Born | 28 November 2004 Dubai, United Arab Emirates | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–present | Warwickshire (squad no. 11) | ||||||||||||||
| List A debut | 2 August 2022 Warwickshire v Gloucestershire | ||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 30 September 2024 | |||||||||||||||
Personal life
editSmith was born and raised in Dubai to South African parents. He attended Nord Anglia International School Dubai before moving to boarding school in Kent to complete his A-levels.[2]
Career
editUAE
editSmith represented the UAE at the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup in South Africa at the age of 15. He returned to the UAE squad for the 2022 Under-19 Cricket World Cup in the West Indies. He scored 145 against Papua New Guinea in a warm-up match.[3]
Smith played for the Rawalpindi Raiders in the 2022 Pakistan Junior League.[1]
England
editSmith was introduced to the Warwickshire County Cricket Club system by Dougie Brown, a former UAE coach. He was selected for the English Schools Cricket Association to play against the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in September 2021.[2] Smith made his List A debut for Warwickshire against Gloucestershire in the 2022 Royal London One-Day Cup in August 2022.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Kai Smith". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
- ^ a b Radley, Paul (26 August 2021). "UAE teen cricketer prepares for dream appearance at Lord's". The National. Abu Dhabi. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
- ^ Radley, Paul (13 January 2022). "Under 19 World Cup: Kai Smith wants UAE to 'rewrite the history books' in the Caribbean". The National. Abu Dhabi. Retrieved 7 January 2023.