Robin Smith is pictured above in familiar pose - savagely square cutting - during his knock of 44 in England's
1st innings of the 4th Test against the West Indies at Old Trafford in August 1995. England won the match by
6 wickets to level the series at 2-2, which is how the 6 match series finished. Smith seemed to thrive when
faced with the West Indian quicks and saved some of his finest performances - including his Test best 175
at St John's, Antigua in April 1994 - for the men from the Caribbean.
Robin Smith died on Monday 1st December 2025 aged 62.
Thirty years after retiring from cricket at the age of 32.
|
Date |
Test |
Venue |
1st |
2nd |
Ct |
Result |
|
21/07/88 |
4 |
Leeds |
38 |
11 |
1 |
lost by 10 wickets |
|
04/08/88 |
5 |
The Oval |
57 |
0 |
0 |
lost by 8 wickets |
|
24/02/90 |
1 |
Kingston |
57 |
dnb |
0 |
won by 9 wickets |
|
23/03/90 |
3 |
Port-of-Spain |
5 |
2 |
0 |
Match Drawn |
|
05/04/90 |
4 |
Bridgetown |
62 |
40* |
1 |
lost by 164 runs |
|
12/04/90 |
5 |
St. John's |
12 |
8 |
1 |
lost by an inns & 32 runs |
|
06/06/91 |
1 |
Leeds |
54 |
0 |
1 |
won by 115 runs |
|
20/06/91 |
2 |
Lord's |
148* |
dnb |
0 |
Match Drawn |
|
04/07/91 |
3 |
Nottingham |
64* |
15 |
1 |
lost by 9 wickets |
|
08/08/91 |
5 |
The Oval |
109 |
26 |
0 |
won by 5 wickets |
|
19/02/94 |
1 |
Kingston |
0 |
2 |
0 |
lost by 8 wickets |
|
17/03/94 |
2 |
Georgetown |
84 |
24 |
0 |
lost by an inns & 44 runs |
|
25/03/94 |
3 |
Port-of-Spain |
12 |
0 |
1 |
lost by 147 runs |
|
08/04/94 |
4 |
Bridgetown |
10 |
13 |
0 |
won by 208 runs |
|
16/04/94 |
5 |
St. John's |
175 |
dnb |
0 |
Match Drawn |
|
08/06/95 |
1 |
Leeds |
16 |
6 |
0 |
lost by 9 wickets |
|
22/06/95 |
2 |
Lord's |
61 |
90 |
0 |
won by 72 runs |
|
06/07/95 |
3 |
Birmingham |
46 |
41 |
0 |
lost by an inns & 64 runs |
|
27/07/95 |
4 |
Manchester |
44 |
1 |
0 |
won by 6 wickets |
Summary of above matches
| M |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
100s |
50s |
W |
BB |
Ave |
5w |
Ct |
| 19 |
1333 |
175 |
41.66 |
3 |
8 |
0 |
- |
n/a |
0 |
6 |
Summary of all matches
| M |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
100s |
50s |
W |
BB |
Ave |
5w |
Ct |
| 62 |
4236 |
175 |
42.79 |
9 |
28 |
0 |
0-6 |
n/a |
0 |
39 |