Retired Gloucestershire left-arm swing bowler Mike Smith is set to provide Dorset Cricket Society members (and guests) with a fascinating insight into life as a county cricket match referee at Hurn Bridge on Thursday, 1.45pm.
Smith was an effective swing bowler for Gloucestershire and played a single Test for England at Headingley in 1997 against Australia. Graham Thorpe dropped Matthew Elliott at first slip while on 29 for what would have been Smith's first (and only) Test wicket. Elliot went on to make 199 and Australia won comfortably by an innings.
He was never picked to play for England again, but remained one of the most consistent swing bowlers on the county circuit until his retirement in 2003. He later worked as an employment solicitor at Bevan Brittan in Bristol.
A superb afternoon. Next up Somerset chief executive Jamie Cox on Thursday 11 December
Smith was an effective swing bowler for Gloucestershire and played a single Test for England at Headingley in 1997 against Australia. Graham Thorpe dropped Matthew Elliott at first slip while on 29 for what would have been Smith's first (and only) Test wicket. Elliot went on to make 199 and Australia won comfortably by an innings.
He was never picked to play for England again, but remained one of the most consistent swing bowlers on the county circuit until his retirement in 2003. He later worked as an employment solicitor at Bevan Brittan in Bristol.
A superb afternoon. Next up Somerset chief executive Jamie Cox on Thursday 11 December
