| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batting style | Right-hand bat | |||
| Bowling style | Legbreak | |||
| International information | ||||
| National side | South African | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | Tests | First-class | ||
| Matches | 9 | 97 | ||
| Runs scored | 39 | 547 | ||
| Batting average | 3.89 | 10.32 | ||
| 100s/50s | 0/0 | 0/0 | ||
| Top score | 11* | 37 | ||
| Balls bowled | 1655 | 22088 | ||
| Wickets | 12 | 365 | ||
| Bowling average | 64.08 | 22.55 | ||
| 5 wickets in innings | 0 | 26 | ||
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | 8 | ||
| Best bowling | 4/143 | 9/88 | ||
| Catches/stumpings | 3/- | 37/- | ||
| Source: CricketArchive, | ||||
Vivian Ian Smith (born 23 February 1925 in Durban, Natal) is a former South African cricketer who played in nine Tests from 1947 to 1957.[1] All nine of his Test appearances were outside South Africa, five in England on two tours, in 1947 and 1955, and four in Australia, where again he toured twice, in 1949-50 and 1957-58.
Smith was a lower-order right-handed batsman and a right-arm leg-break bowler.