Clea Smith

Clea Rosemary Smith (born 6 January 1979) is an Australian former cricket player.^[1] She played in the Australian national cricket team in all three formats: Test, One Day International (ODI), and Twenty20 International (T20I).^[2][3] Smith is currently a Director on the Board of Cricket Australia.

Clea Smith

Personal information
Full name	Clea Rosemary Smith
Born	(1979-01-06) 6 January 1979 (age 46) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
International information
National side	Australia (2000–2011)
Only Test (cap 147)	9 August 2005 v England
ODI debut (cap 90)	29 January 2000 v England
Last ODI	7 July 2011 v England
T20I debut (cap 18)	19 July 2007 v New Zealand
Last T20I	27 June 2011 v England
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1998/99–2011/12	Victoria
Career statistics
Competition WTest WODI WT20I WNCL Matches 1 48 13 117 Runs scored 46 85 5 511 Batting average 23.00 14.16 1.25 15.48 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 Top score 42 27* 1* 39* Balls bowled 72 2,198 300 6,006 Wickets 1 45 14 128 Bowling average 25.00 25.68 22.21 23.94 5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 2 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 1/25 4/32 3/23 5/10 Catches/stumpings 0/– 9/– 1/– 31/–
Source: CricketArchive, 26 December 2022

Cricket career

Smith played 165 domestic limited overs matches for the Victorian Spirit including 117 Women's National Cricket League (WNCL) games.^[4] She also played 37 Women's Twenty20 cricket matches.^[4] Smith was Vice Captain to Belinda Clark, Rachael Haynes, Sarah Elliott and Emma Ingles. In November 2007, she took a hat-trick bowling in a WNCL match against Western Australia. She finished the match with 5 wickets and conceded only 10 runs, which were the best bowling figures she achieved in her career.^[5][4] When she retired from cricket, she was one of only three bowlers to take a hat-trick in a WNCL match.^[6]

Smith played one test, 48 One Day Internationals and 13 Twenty20 Internationals for Australia.^[1] She holds the record for the highest ever test score made by a female cricketer in Women's cricket history batting at number 11 of 42 runs.^[7] She retired in May 2012 after a 14-year playing career.^[8][6] Smith is currently a Director on the Board of Cricket Australia.