deliveries death_date columns catches/stumpings year birth_date tenfor bowling country fivefor batting name lasttestyear column international testdebutdate source date runs testdebutyear wickets lasttestdate s/s matches article_title
1655 22088 25 august 2015 2 3 / - 37 / - 1947 23 february 1925 0 8 legbreak south african 0 26 right-hand bat ian smith 1957 tests first-class true 7 june http://www.cricketarchive.com/archive/players/0/780/780.html cricketarchive 1925 2 23 y 39 547 1947 12 365 23 december 0/0 0/0 9 97 ian smith -lrb- cricketer , born 1925 -rrb-

ian smith -lrb- cricketer , born 1925 -rrb-

vivian ian smith -lrb- 23 february 1925 -- 25 august 2015 -rrb- was a south african cricketer who played in nine tests from 1947 to 1957 and was educated at hilton college .
he was born in durban , natal .
smith was a right-arm leg-break bowler and lower-order right-handed batsman .
he made his test debut in england in 1947 , playing four tests in the series .
he played three tests against australia in south africa in 1949-50 , one test in england in 1955 , and a final test against australia in south africa in 1957-58 .
on his debut , against england at nottingham in the first test in 1947 , he took 3 for 46 and 4 for 143 .
his eight subsequent tests produced only five wickets .
he played for natal from 1945-46 to 1957-58 .
his best bowling figures were 9 for 88 -lrb- 12 for 194 in the match -rrb- against border in 1946-47 .
smith died in 2015 .
