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Linsey Claire Neale Smith (born 10 March 1995) is an English
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er who plays for Sussex,
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, Northern Superchargers and
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. A
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bowler, she originally played for
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before moving to Sussex ahead of the 2017 season. In October 2018, she was named in the
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squad for the
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tournament, and made her
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(WT20I) debut in the tournament against
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.


Early life

Smith was born on 10 March 1995 in
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,
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. She attended
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.


Domestic career

Smith made her
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debut in the 2011 Super Fours competition, playing for
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against
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, in which she bowled five overs and conceded just five runs. Just over two weeks later she made her county debut, for
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against
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in the 2011 Women's County Championship, in which she returned figures of 0/45 from her 10 overs. Smith quickly became a regular in Berkshire's team, and took her maiden five-for the following season in a match against
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. In the
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, she was her side's leading wicket-taker. Smith was selected for the
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squad in the
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as an injury replacement player. She took four wickets in her second match, against Yorkshire Diamonds, and went on to take 8 wickets in 5 games at the best bowling average in the tournament, 11.50. On the back of her success in the Super League, Smith signed for Sussex in early 2017. Having won the
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with the Vipers in 2016, Smith went on to play for the runners-up in the next two seasons, for the Vipers in
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and for
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in
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. She played for Yorkshire Diamonds in
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, taking 8 wickets at 32.50. Meanwhile, at county level, Smith took 7 wickets in Sussex's
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Division Two winning season. In 2020, Smith played four matches, including the final, in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy for
Northern Diamonds Northern Diamonds are a women's cricket team that represent the traditional areas of the North East and Yorkshire, one of eight regional hubs in English domestic women's cricket. They play their home matches at Headingley, the Riverside, Rose ...
. She took four wickets at an average of 25.50. In 2021, she took 12 wickets for the side in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, 10 wickets in the Charlotte Edwards Cup and 9 wickets for Northern Superchargers in
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. She also achieved her
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best bowling figures, taking 5/34 against
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. In October 2021, it was announced that Smith had signed for
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for the upcoming 2021–22 Women's Big Bash League season. In April 2022, she was bought by the Northern Superchargers for the 2022 season of
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. She was the joint-leading wicket-taker in the
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, with 13 wickets at an average of 18.07. At the end of the 2022 season, it was announced that Smith had left Northern Diamonds, re-joining Southern Vipers. In January 2023, Smith signed for
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for the remainder of the Super Smash, playing four matches for the side. In 2023, for Southern Vipers she was the third-highest wicket-taker in the Charlotte Edwards Cup and the fifth-highest wicket-taker in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, with 13 and 19 wickets respectively. She also took nine wickets at an average of 15.88 in seven matches for Northern Superchargers in
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. In October 2023, it was announced that Smith had signed for
Sydney Sixers The Sydney Sixers are an Australian professional franchise men's cricket team, competing in Australia's domestic Twenty20 cricket competition, the Big Bash League (BBL). Along with the Sydney Thunder, the Sixers are the successors of the New ...
for the upcoming Women's Big Bash League season. She took 11 wickets in her 11 matches for the side, with an economy of 6.42.


International career

In October 2018, Smith was named in the
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squad for their upcoming
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campaign. She made her debut in England's second game of the tournament, against
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, and took 1/17 from four overs, having
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caught to claim her maiden international wicket. She played one more match in the tournament, against
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, where she again took one wicket. In February 2019, Smith was awarded a rookie contract by the
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(ECB) for 2019, as well as being named as part of the squad for England's tours of
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and
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
. Smith took 5 wickets at 10.60 in the three T20Is against
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and took 4 wickets at 17.50 in the three T20Is against
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
. Smith played one match the following summer, taking 2/22 against the
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. On 18 June 2020, Smith was named in a squad of 24 players to begin training ahead of international women's fixtures starting in England following the
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, but did not play a match that summer.


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Linsey 1995 births Living people English women cricketers England women Twenty20 International cricketers Berkshire women cricketers Sussex women cricketers Southern Vipers cricketers Loughborough Lightning cricketers Yorkshire Diamonds cricketers Northern Diamonds cricketers Northern Superchargers cricketers Melbourne Stars (WBBL) cricketers Sydney Sixers (WBBL) cricketers Otago Sparks cricketers