How many Test runs has Ian Smith scored?

Ian Smith has 39 runs in 16 Test innings from 9 matches at an average of 3.90. Highest score: 11*.

What is Ian Smith's Test batting average?

Ian Smith's Test batting average is 3.90, from 39 runs and 16 innings.

How many Test wickets has Ian Smith taken?

Ian Smith has taken 12 wickets in Test from 9 matches at a bowling average of 64.08. Best innings: 4/143.

Which teams has Ian Smith played international cricket for?

Ian Smith is recorded for South Africa in this publication.

When did Ian Smith play international cricket?

This career snapshot covers 1947 to 1957. Dates follow the official record, not only the scorecard archive.

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Ian Smith

Bowler · 1947 to 1957 · 9 internationals

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Test9 matches

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9Internationals

39Runs

0Hundreds

12Wickets

3Catches

Career records by format

Batting career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100s	50s	0s	4s	6s
Test	9	16	6	39	11*	3.90	-	-	0	0	4	-	0

Bowling career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Test	9	12	1,655	55	769	12	4/143	7/189	64.08	2.78	137.91	1	0	0

Fielding career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/inns	Best
Test	9	16	3	0	3	0.187	1 (1ct 0st)

Career records checked 2026-09-30. Independent of the scorecard archive.

Ian Smith: Test stats

Test

9 matches · 1947-1957

39runs

Matches: 9
Average: 3.90
Strike rate: -
Hundreds: 0
Highest: 11*
Fifties: 0

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Scorecard coverage

Scorecard coverage of the official career
Format	Official bat inns	In scorecards	Official bowl inns	In scorecards	First	Latest	Coverage
Test	16	16	12	12	1947-06-07	1957-12-23	Complete

Questions fans ask about Ian Smith

How many Test runs has Ian Smith scored?: Ian Smith has 39 runs in 16 Test innings from 9 matches at an average of 3.90. Highest score: 11*.
What is Ian Smith's Test batting average?: Ian Smith's Test batting average is 3.90, from 39 runs and 16 innings.
How many Test wickets has Ian Smith taken?: Ian Smith has taken 12 wickets in Test from 9 matches at a bowling average of 64.08. Best innings: 4/143.
Which teams has Ian Smith played international cricket for?: Ian Smith is recorded for South Africa in this publication.
When did Ian Smith play international cricket?: This career snapshot covers 1947 to 1957. Dates follow the official record, not only the scorecard archive.

Explore every recorded innings

9 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters apply to this archive only.

Latest appearances

Recent available appearances
Date	Match	Format	Result
1957-12-23	Australia v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
1955-06-09	England v South Africa	Test	England won by inns & 5 runs
1950-01-20	Australia v South Africa	Test	Australia won by 5 wickets
1949-12-31	Australia v South Africa	Test	Australia won by 8 wickets
1949-12-24	Australia v South Africa	Test	Australia won by inns & 85 runs
1947-08-16	England v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
1947-07-26	England v South Africa	Test	England won by 10 wickets
1947-06-21	England v South Africa	Test	England won by 10 wickets
1947-06-07	England v South Africa	Test	Match drawn

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TEST CAREER · 1947 to 1957

Ian Smith in Tests

Complete: every official innings is in the scorecards

12Wickets

64.08Average

2.78Economy

137.91Strike rate

4/143Best

0Five-fors

Official Test record

Official Test batting record
Batting	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Career	9	16	6	39	11*	3.90	-	-	0	0	4	-	0

Official Test bowling record
Bowling	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Career	9	12	1,655	55	769	12	4/143	7/189	64.08	2.78	137.91	1	0	0

Official Test fielding record
Fielding	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/Inns	Best
Career	9	16	3	0	3	0.187	1 (1ct 0st)

Test career in charts

Test wickets, innings by innings

Test wickets by year

Last 20 Test bowling innings

Test innings by wickets

Test runs, innings by innings

Test runs by year

Last 20 Test innings

01-4950-99100+* not out

Test innings by score

1-9

10-24

25-49

50-99

100+

How Test innings ended

Caught5 · 31.2%

Bowled3 · 18.8%

LBW2 · 12.5%

Not out6 · 37.5%

Test batting position: average and innings

1-0 inns

2-0 inns

3-0 inns

4-0 inns

5-0 inns

6-0 inns

7-0 inns

8-0 inns

9-0 inns

105.4010 inns

112.406 inns

Recent Test form

Last 10 batting innings

27runs

5.40average

-strike rate

050s

0100s

Last 10 bowling innings

5wickets

116.00average

2.93economy

237.20strike rate

1/25best

Test record by situation

complete career

Ian Smith: Test batting by opposition
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	0	4s
Australia	4	8	4	25	11*	6.25	-	-	0	-
England	5	8	2	14	11	2.33	-	-	4	-
All	9	16	6	39	11*	3.90	-	-	4	-

Ian Smith: Test bowling by opposition
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w
England	5	7	1,111	45	501	10	4/143	50.10	2.70	111.10	1
Australia	4	5	544	10	268	2	1/25	134.00	2.95	272.00	0
All	9	12	1,655	55	769	12	4/143	64.08	2.78	137.91	1

Ian Smith: Test batting by home and away
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	0	4s
Home	4	8	4	25	11*	6.25	-	-	0	-
Away	5	8	2	14	11	2.33	-	-	4	-
All	9	16	6	39	11*	3.90	-	-	4	-

Ian Smith: Test bowling by home and away
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w
Home	4	5	544	10	268	2	1/25	134.00	2.95	272.00	0
Away	5	7	1,111	45	501	10	4/143	50.10	2.70	111.10	1
All	9	12	1,655	55	769	12	4/143	64.08	2.78	137.91	1

Ian Smith: Test batting by match innings
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	0	4s
1st innings of the match	4	4	2	4	2*	2.00	-	-	0	0
2nd innings of the match	5	5	2	23	11*	7.66	-	-	2	-
3rd innings of the match	7	7	2	12	4	2.40	-	-	2	-
All	9	16	6	39	11*	3.90	-	-	4	-

Ian Smith: Test bowling by match innings
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w
1st innings of the match	5	5	712	11	384	2	1/62	192.00	3.23	356.00	0
2nd innings of the match	3	3	451	21	158	5	3/46	31.60	2.10	90.20	0
3rd innings of the match	2	2	324	15	170	4	4/143	42.50	3.14	81.00	1
4th innings of the match	2	2	168	8	57	1	1/25	57.00	2.03	168.00	0
All	9	12	1,655	55	769	12	4/143	64.08	2.78	137.91	1

Ian Smith: Test batting by batting position
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	0	4s
No. 10	5	10	5	27	11*	5.40	-	-	1	-
No. 11	4	6	1	12	11	2.40	-	-	3	-
All	9	16	6	39	11*	3.90	-	-	4	-

Ian Smith: Test batting by match result
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	0	4s
Lost	6	12	4	35	11*	4.37	-	-	3	-
Drawn	3	4	2	4	2*	2.00	-	-	1	0
All	9	16	6	39	11*	3.90	-	-	4	-

Ian Smith: Test bowling by match result
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w
Lost	6	6	842	20	430	2	1/62	215.00	3.06	421.00	0
Drawn	3	6	813	35	339	10	4/143	33.90	2.50	81.30	1
All	9	12	1,655	55	769	12	4/143	64.08	2.78	137.91	1

Ian Smith: Test batting by year
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	0	4s
1947	4	6	1	12	11	2.40	-	-	3	-
1949	2	4	2	17	11*	8.50	-	-	0	-
1950	1	2	0	5	4	2.50	-	-	0	-
1955	1	2	1	2	2*	2.00	-	-	1	0
1957	1	2	2	3	2*	N/A	-	-	0	0
All	9	16	6	39	11*	3.90	-	-	4	-

Ian Smith: Test bowling by year
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w
1947	4	6	931	36	439	9	4/143	48.77	2.82	103.44	1
1949	2	2	304	0	181	0	0/70	N/A	3.57	N/A	0
1950	1	1	40	0	32	0	0/32	N/A	4.80	N/A	0
1955	1	1	180	9	62	1	1/62	62.00	2.06	180.00	0
1957	1	2	200	10	55	2	1/25	27.50	1.65	100.00	0
All	9	12	1,655	55	769	12	4/143	64.08	2.78	137.91	1

Ian Smith: Test batting by ground
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	0	4s
The Wanderers Stadium	2	4	3	5	2*	5.00	-	-	0	0
Trent Bridge	2	3	1	3	2*	1.50	-	-	1	0
All	9	16	6	39	11*	3.90	-	-	4	-

Ian Smith: Test bowling by ground
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w
The Wanderers Stadium	2	3	304	10	125	2	1/25	62.50	2.46	152.00	0
Trent Bridge	2	3	649	34	251	8	4/143	31.37	2.32	81.12	1
All	9	12	1,655	55	769	12	4/143	64.08	2.78	137.91	1

- not recorded in the scorecards · N/A no dismissals or balls to divide by

Best Test performances

Ian Smith: highest Test scores
Score	BF	SR	4s	Opponent	Ground	Date
11*	-	-	-	Australia	Newlands	1949-12-31
11	-	-	-	England	Lord's	1947-06-21
4	-	-	-	Australia	Newlands	1949-12-31
4	-	-	-	Australia	Kingsmead	1950-01-20
2*	-	-	0	England	Trent Bridge	1955-06-09
2*	-	-	0	Australia	The Wanderers Stadium	1957-12-23
1*	-	-	0	Australia	The Wanderers Stadium	1949-12-24
1*	-	-	0	Australia	The Wanderers Stadium	1957-12-23
1	-	-	0	England	Trent Bridge	1947-06-07
1	-	-	0	Australia	The Wanderers Stadium	1949-12-24

Ian Smith: best Test bowling
Figures	Balls	Mdns	Econ	Opponent	Ground	Date
4/143	306	15	2.80	England	Trent Bridge	1947-06-07
3/46	163	10	1.69	England	Trent Bridge	1947-06-07
1/25	128	8	1.17	Australia	The Wanderers Stadium	1957-12-23
1/30	72	2	2.50	Australia	The Wanderers Stadium	1957-12-23
1/62	180	9	2.06	England	Trent Bridge	1955-06-09
1/68	126	0	3.23	England	Kennington Oval	1947-08-16
1/82	216	9	2.27	England	Headingley	1947-07-26
0/27	18	0	9.00	England	Kennington Oval	1947-08-16
0/32	40	0	4.80	Australia	Kingsmead	1950-01-20
0/70	104	0	4.03	Australia	The Wanderers Stadium	1949-12-24

Latest Test matches

Latest Test matches
Date	Opponent	Bat	Bowl	Ground	Result
1957-12-23	Australia	2* & 1*	1/30 & 1/25	The Wanderers Stadium	Match drawn
1955-06-09	England	0 & 2*	1/62	Trent Bridge	England won by inns & 5 runs
1950-01-20	Australia	1 & 4	0/32	Kingsmead	Australia won by 5 wickets
1949-12-31	Australia	11* & 4	0/111	Newlands	Australia won by 8 wickets
1949-12-24	Australia	1* & 1	0/70	The Wanderers Stadium	Australia won by inns & 85 runs
1947-08-16	England	0	1/68 & 0/27	Kennington Oval	Match drawn
1947-07-26	England	0* & 0	1/82	Headingley	England won by 10 wickets
1947-06-21	England	11 & 0	0/73	Lord's	England won by 10 wickets
1947-06-07	England	1	3/46 & 4/143	Trent Bridge	Match drawn