Chris Smith (cricketer)

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Personal information
Chris Smith

England
Batting style	Right-handed batsman (RHB)
Bowling style	Right arm off-break
Career statistics
	Tests	ODIs
Matches	8	4
Runs scored	392	109
Batting average	30.15	27.25
100s/50s	0/2	0/1
Top score	91	70

Overs	17	6
Wickets	3	2
Bowling average	13.00	14.00
5 wickets in innings	0	0
10 wickets in match	0	n/a
Best bowling	2/31	2/8
Catches/stumpings	5/0	0/0
As of 17 May 2005 Source: [1]

Christopher Lyall "Kippy" Smith (born 15 October 1958, Durban, South Africa) was a cricketer for Hampshire and England. He also played one match for Glamorgan in 1979 while playing in the South Wales league and in South Africa he played for Natal B, then a first-class team.

Smith was unable to play for the country of his birth because of the exclusion of the apartheid regime from international cricket, but because he had English parents he qualified to play for England. However, Smith played only eight Test matches, never establishing himself in the side. He had the misfortune to be dismissed by Richard Hadlee from his first ball on Test debut at Lord's, but was selected the next winter for the tour to New Zealand and Pakistan. There he made some useful contributions, including a score of 91 in Auckland. He was much more successful for Hampshire, enjoying a successful career with that county and scoring more than 40 first-class hundreds. He was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1984.

After he retired from first-class cricket he settled in Western Australia, and became marketing manager of the Western Australian Cricket Association.

Chris Smith is the older brother of fellow England Test player Robin Smith.