Nathan Bede Smith (born 9 July 1995) is an Australian-born Irish former

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er. He represented the Northern Knights team in the

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, Ireland's first class competition. Smith was predominantly a bowler. In March 2019, Smith announced that he would no longer be available to be selected by

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, as he focused on opportunities in Australia.

Career

Smith made his

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debut for Northern Knights in the

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on 29 May 2017. He made his first-class debut for Northern Knights in the

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on 30 May 2017. He made his

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cricket debut for Northern Knights in the

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on 9 June 2017. In May 2018, Smith was named in a fourteen-man squad for Ireland's first ever Test match, to be played against Pakistan later the same month. However, ahead of the match he suffered an injury, ruling him out of the fixture, and was replaced in the squad by

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Nathan 1995 births Living people Irish cricketers Northern Knights cricketers People from Sandringham, Victoria Sportsmen from Victoria (state) Cricketers from Melbourne Australian expatriate sportspeople in Ireland Naturalised citizens of Ireland 21st-century Australian sportsmen