Career
A right-handed batsman and right arm fast-medium bowler, he has played 34 times for the Ireland cricket team as of 10 June 2007. Dave also plays 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.
Born 7 December 1976 in Sydney, New South Wales, Langford-Smith"s first two Ireland matches were played in June 2005, but he was playing against Ireland for the Master Control Console as Ireland warmed up for the 2005 Interstate Commerce Commission Trophy.
He made his debut for Ireland proper on 23 April 2006, playing against Hampshire in a C&G Trophy match. He continued playing in the C&G Trophy that year, and made his first-class debut on 17 May 2006 in an 2006 Interstate Commerce Commission Intercontinental Cup match against Namibia.
This was followed by a C&G Trophy match against Middlesex at Lord"s and the aforementioned ODI against England in Belfast, which was his and Ireland"s first One-Day International. Langford-Smith then played in the 2006 European Championship in Scotland in August, playing against Denmark, Italy, the Netherlands and Scotland.
This was followed by a match against the Master Control Console at Lord"s and an Intercontinental Cup match against Scotland in Aberdeen.
Langford-Smith"s next matches for Ireland were in Division One of the World Cricket League in Nairobi in early 2007, playing in ODIs against Scotland, Kenya, Canada and the Netherlands. He played in all nine of Ireland"s matches in the 2007 World Cup, taking seven wickets, and has continued in the Irish side since, playing in the 2007 Friends Provident Trophy and in the final of the Intercontinental Cup against Canada. This is his most recent game for Ireland at the time of writing.
He was not named in Ireland"s squad for their ODIs against India and South Africa in June 2007 due to injury, though he turned out for his club, Phoenix Cricket Club, the day after the squad was announced.