Bryony Smith

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Bryony Smith
Personal information
Full name
Bryony Frances Smith
Born (1997-12-12) 12 December 1997 (age 26)
Sutton, Greater London, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleAll-rounder
International information
National side
Only ODI (cap 132)13 June 2019 v West Indies
T20I debut (cap 44)23 March 2018 v Australia
Last T20I15 September 2022 v India
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2014–presentSurrey
2016–2019Surrey Stars
2020–presentSouth East Stars
2021Welsh Fire
2022–presentTrent Rockets
2023/24–presentHobart Hurricanes
Career statistics
Competition WODI WT20I WLA WT20
Matches 1 8 71 135
Runs scored – 57 1,886 2,260
Batting average – 9.50 30.41 18.37
100s/50s – 0/0 3/11 1/9
Top score – 16 119* 109*
Balls bowled 48 60 2,580 1,711
Wickets 1 2 70 80
Bowling average 20.00 30.00 24.31 23.62
5 wickets in innings 0 0 1 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 1/20 1/10 5/33 4/14
Catches/stumpings 0/– 2/– 22/– 34/1
Source: CricketArchive, 18 December 2023

Bryony Frances Smith (born 12 December 1997) is an English cricketer who plays for Surrey, South East Stars, Trent Rockets and Hobart Hurricanes.[1] A right-handed batter who bowls off spin, she made her county debut for Surrey in 2014. She has played eight T20Is and one ODI for England, making her debut in 2018.[2][3][4]

Early life[edit]

Smith was born on 12 December 1997 in Sutton, Greater London. She has worked as a secondary school teacher.[5]

Domestic career[edit]

Smith made her Surrey debut in 2014 in a County Championship match against Warwickshire, making 13 runs batting at 7.[6] She made 60* in her second match, a victory against Yorkshire.[7] Smith quickly became a regular in Surrey's side, with her best seasons coming in 2018 and 2019, in which she hit 256 runs at 42.66 and 347 runs at 57.83, respectively.[8][9] In 2019, she was the third highest run-scorer in the whole tournament.[10]

Smith played every season of the Women's Cricket Super League for the Surrey Stars, including their title winning season in 2018.[11] In 2020, Smith played three games for the South East Stars in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, and took 3/25 in a match against Sunrisers.[12][13] In 2021, Smith took 14 wickets and scored 162 runs in the Charlotte Edwards Cup, making her the leading wicket-taker and sixth-highest run-scorer in the competition, as well as captaining the side through to winning the title.[14][15] She also scored 252 runs and took 12 wickets in the 2021 Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, placing her eighth on both the leading run-scorer and leading wicket-taker lists.[16][17] She was also ever-present for Welsh Fire in The Hundred, scoring 137 runs and taking 4 wickets.[18]

In April 2022, she was signed by the Trent Rockets for the 2022 season of The Hundred.[19] She scored 118 runs for the side with a top score of 63, as well as being the side's leading wicket-taker, with 9 wickets at an average of 13.88.[20] She was also South East Stars' leading run-scorer in the 2022 Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, scoring 226 with a top score of 114.[21] She was Stars' leading run-scorer in the 2023 Charlotte Edwards Cup, with 256 runs at an average of 36.57.[22] She played for Hobart Hurricanes in the 2023–24 Women's Big Bash League season, scoring 90 runs in 13 matches.[23]

International career[edit]

In March 2018, Smith was named in the England squad for the upcoming tri-series against India and Australia.[24] She played three matches in the tournament, scoring 16 runs in total.[4]

In February 2019, she was awarded a rookie contract by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) for 2019.[25] In June 2019, she was added to England's squad for the third Women's One Day International (WODI) against the West Indies, and made her WODI debut in that match.[26] She did not bat, but took her maiden international wicket, dismissing Natasha McLean.[27]

On 18 June 2020, Smith was named in a squad of 24 players to begin training ahead of international women's fixtures starting in England following the COVID-19 pandemic, but did not play a match that summer.[28][4] In December 2021, Smith was named in England's A squad for their tour to Australia, with the matches being played alongside the Women's Ashes.[29]

In July 2022, she was named in England's squad for their T20I series against South Africa and for the cricket tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.[30]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Bryony Smith". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  2. ^ "2nd match, India Tri-Nation Women's T20 Series at Mumbai, Mar 23 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Bryony Smith ODI Matches". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  4. ^ a b c "Bryony Smith T20I Matches". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  5. ^ "New blood means no resting on laurels for England's World Cup winners". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  6. ^ "Surrey Women v Warwickshire Women, 4 May 2014". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  7. ^ "Surrey Women v Yorkshire Women, 5 May 2014". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  8. ^ "Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2018/Surrey Women Batting Averages". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  9. ^ "Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2019/Surrey Women Batting Averages". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  10. ^ "Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2019/Batting by Runs". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  11. ^ "Bryony Smith T20 Matches". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  12. ^ "Bryony Smith List A Matches". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  13. ^ "South East Stars v Sunrisers, 31 August 2020". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  14. ^ "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2021/Most Runs". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  15. ^ "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2021/Most Wickets". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  16. ^ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, 2021/Most Runs". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  17. ^ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, 2021/Most Wickets". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  18. ^ "Records/The Hundred Women's Competition, 2021 - Welsh Fire (Women)/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  19. ^ "The Hundred 2022: latest squads as Draft picks revealed". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  20. ^ "Records/The Hundred Women's Competition, 2022 - Trent Rockets (Women)/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  21. ^ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2022 - South East Stars/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  22. ^ "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2023 - South East Stars/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  23. ^ "Records in Women's Big Bash League, 2023/24 / Hobart Hurricanes Women Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  24. ^ "Three new players included in England Women's squad". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  25. ^ "Freya Davies awarded England Women contract ahead of India tour". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  26. ^ "England Women update squad for final match of Royal London ODI series". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  27. ^ "3rd ODI (D/N), ICC Women's Championship at Chelmsford, Jun 13 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  28. ^ "England Women confirm back to training plans". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  29. ^ "Heather Knight vows to 'fight fire with fire' during Women's Ashes". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  30. ^ "Alice Capsey named in England's Commonwealth Games squad, Tammy Beaumont omitted". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 July 2022.

External links[edit]

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