Career
His first-class player career for Boland spanned from 1991 to 1994. A right-arm fast bowler who batted with the opposite hand, in his first match he took 2/26 and 4/59, which included the wicket of South African international Peter Kirsten in both innings. Despite his debut performance, Smith featured only irregularly for Boland over the following years, although he did play the entire 1993-1994 season for the Boland second XI (known as Boland B).
That team had gained first-class status for a single season only, following the senior Boland team"s promotion to the main division.
Smith"s only five-wicket haul, 5/80 from 31.3 overs, came against Griqualand West in the first match of the 1993-1994 season. His final match at first-class level came in March 1994, when Boland played the touring Australians.
Smith finished his career with 22 wickets from 11 matches, and made the exact same number of runs, which came at a batting average of only 2.44. In August 2014, he was re-appointed coach of the team for the 2014-2015 season, and in June 2015, it was announced that he had been retained for the following 2015-2016 season, including the inaugural Africa T20 Cup.
