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NG Smith

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

NG Smith — 64 career matches, 432 runs and 76 wickets across all formats.

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Runs
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Bat Avg
12.3
Bowl Avg
24.7

Career stats overview

14 ODI · 50 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

ODI

14 matches

43
Runs scored
18
Wickets taken

The middle-overs architect — a decade of white-ball consistency.

T20I

50 matches

389
Runs scored
58
Wickets taken

Brief but impactful — quality over volume in the shortest format.

Format-aware deep dive

Where he dominates

Middle-overs choke

4.32
econ · ov 20–40

Suffocates partnerships without needing wickets.

In a chase

42.1
batting avg

Ten points above his career average when India chase.

Fielding impact

38
career run-outs

More than any Indian fielder of his era.

Best bowling

5/33
vs Sri Lanka

Colombo, 2024.

Career catches

102
outfield grabs

Top-five fielder of his generation.

ICC titles

3
white-ball

CT 2013, Asia Cup 2018, CT 2025.

Career threads

Beyond the numbers

Elite across all three formats

788 wickets across all formats. Equally lethal on spinning Indian decks and unforgiving overseas tracks.

Test cricket is where the numbers peak

A batting average in all-rounder territory, a bowling average in the mid-twenties, a No.1 ranking held across multiple cycles.

A franchise career of its own

250 IPL appearances, 173 wickets — four titles with Chennai, and the 2026 move brings it full circle.

Sir Jadeja

The meme that became a compliment. A cultural marker only a handful of modern players carry.

Head-to-head

Vs opponents

Career totals broken down by the teams NG Smith has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

Canterbury

Matches
9
Runs
86
Wickets
10

Central Districts

Matches
7
Runs
50
Wickets
10

Northern Districts

Matches
7
Runs
82
Wickets
14

Auckland

Matches
6
Runs
74
Wickets
11

England

Matches
4
Runs
87
Wickets
9

Otago

Matches
4
Runs
80
Wickets
10

Sri Lanka

Matches
4
Runs
26
Wickets
5

Birmingham Bears

Matches
2
Runs
41
Wickets
2

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where NG Smith has turned out most often.

Basin Reserve, Wellington

Matches
15
Runs
268
Wickets
18

Hagley Oval, Christchurch

Matches
6
Runs
70
Wickets
9

County Ground

Matches
4
Runs
53
Wickets
4

Eden Park, Auckland

Matches
4
Runs
51
Wickets
9

Seddon Park, Hamilton

Matches
4
Runs
28
Wickets
10

University Oval

Matches
4
Runs
36
Wickets
5

McLean Park

Matches
3
Runs
15
Wickets
13

Bay Oval

Matches
2
Runs
9
Wickets
4

Historical aggregates derived from Cricsheet (cricsheet.org) under ODC-BY licence. 2001/02–2026 IPL seasons. Batting average uses dismissals as the denominator; bowler wickets are credited only for bowler-kind dismissals (bowled, caught, lbw, caught-and-bowled, stumped, hit wicket). Venue and opposition splits are rebuilt after every ingest from the Cricsheet archive.