Irish cricketer
Dave Langford-Smith
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| Full name | David Langford-Smith |
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| Born | (1976-12-07) 7 December 1976 (age 47)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
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| Batting | Right-handed |
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| Bowling | Right arm fast-medium |
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| ODI debut (cap 6) | 13 June 2006 v England |
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| Last ODI | 22 March 2008 v Bangladesh |
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| ODI shirt no. | 76 |
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David Langford-Smith (born 7 December 1976) is a former Irish cricketer,[1] who was the first man to take a wicket in a One Day International for Ireland.[2] A right-handed batsman and right arm fast-medium bowler,[3] he has played 34 times for the Ireland cricket team as of 10 June 2007.[4] Dave also played for, Phoenix Cricket club /, where he is a strong player and is the head coach of all teams. He has Played for Phoenix for several years.
Cricket career
Born 7 December 1976 in Sydney, New South Wales,[3] Langford-Smith's first two Ireland matches were played in June 2005, but he was playing against Ireland for the MCC as Ireland warmed up for the 2005 ICC Trophy.[5] He made his debut for Ireland proper on 23 April 2006, playing against Hampshire[4] in a C&G Trophy match.[6]
He continued playing in the C&G Trophy that year,[6] and made his first-class debut on 17 May 2006 in an 2006 ICC Intercontinental Cup match against Namibia.[7] This was followed by a C&G Trophy match against Middlesex at Lord's[6] and the aforementioned ODI against England in Belfast, which was his[8] and Ireland's first One-Day International.[9]
Langford-Smith then played in the 2006 European Championship in Scotland in August,[10] playing against Denmark, Italy, the Netherlands and Scotland. This was followed by a match against the MCC at Lord's[4] and an Intercontinental Cup match against Scotland in Aberdeen.[7]
Langford-Smith's next matches for Ireland were in Division One of the World Cricket League in Nairobi in early 2007,[4] playing in ODIs against Scotland, Kenya, Canada and the Netherlands.[8] He then played in an Intercontinental Cup match against the UAE in Abu Dhabi[7] before heading to the West Indies to take part in the 2007 Cricket World Cup.[8]
He played in all nine of Ireland's matches in the 2007 World Cup, taking seven wickets,[11] and has continued in the Irish side since, playing in the 2007 Friends Provident Trophy[6] and in the final of the Intercontinental Cup against Canada.[7] This is his most recent game for Ireland at the time of writing.[4] He was not named in Ireland's squad for their ODIs against India and South Africa in June 2007 due to injury,[12] though he turned out for his club, Phoenix Cricket Club, the day after the squad was announced.[13]
Statistics
In all matches for Ireland, Langford-Smith has scored 246 runs at an average of 15.38 with a top score of 39 against Somerset in May 2007,[4] also his highest List A score.[3] He has taken 48 wickets at an average of 28.35, with best innings bowling figures of 5/65 against Scotland in August 2006,[4] also his best first-class bowling performance[3] and the only time he has taken five wickets in an innings for Ireland.[4] His highest first-class score with the bat is six not out, and his best List A bowling performance is 3/32. That List A bowling performance is his best ODI bowling performance,[3] against Scotland.[14]
