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Darren Smith

Debut: 1998
Latest season: 2026

All cricket

516Matches

6,702Runs

15.70Batting average

98Highest score

18 / 050s / 100s

115Wickets

29.23Bowling average

4-12Best bowling

05W hauls

Runs by seasonBest: 719 in 2007

Wickets by seasonBest: 13 in 2000

On the honours boards

15th most career runs 6,702 runs

Season	M	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	S/R	50	4s	6s	Ducks
Career	516	474	47	6,702	98	15.70	53.40	18	768	27	54
2026	9	8	2	140	50*	23.33	83.33	1	18	0	1
2025	3	3	0	51	18	17.00	86.44	0	6	0	0
2024	4	4	1	88	41	29.33	72.73	0	10	0	0
2023	2	2	0	33	33	16.50	70.21	0	5	0	1
2020	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	1
2018	18	15	0	176	57	11.73	47.18	1	23	3	5
2017	21	21	1	285	49	14.25	51.91	0	45	0	3
2016	12	11	1	184	54	18.40	51.11	1	29	1	0
2015	24	23	1	400	53	18.18	55.33	2	63	2	1
2014	18	18	1	236	48	13.88	39.89	0	31	0	0
2013	17	17	3	289	74*	20.64	54.95	1	31	4	1
2012	21	21	4	347	71	20.41	49.78	1	37	3	2
2011	23	23	0	397	63	17.26	42.79	1	45	0	1
2010	28	27	2	418	54	16.72	52.46	2	45	0	3
2009	28	24	2	277	38*	12.59	53.29	0	29	2	4
2008	27	26	1	302	35	12.08	53.18	0	35	1	3
2007	37	34	3	719	98	23.19	65.86	4	81	3	1
2006	36	26	7	304	38*	16.00	50.95	0	28	0	3
2005	33	31	7	493	57*	20.54	64.52	1	45	5	4
2004	34	28	2	280	50	10.77	49.28	1	36	0	4
2003	30	28	3	384	93	15.36	65.53	1	45	2	5
2002	26	24	3	309	41	14.71	54.51	0	30	1	4
2001	16	13	0	151	32	11.62	52.98	0	17	0	1
2000	17	15	1	117	38	8.36	34.59	0	13	0	2
1999	19	19	1	166	55	9.22	26.50	1	12	0	2
1998	12	12	1	156	26*	14.18	50.99	0	9	0	2

Team	M	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	S/R	50	4s	6s	Ducks
Career	516	474	47	6,702	98	15.70	53.40	18	768	27	54
1st XI	57	45	8	518	54	14.00	54.78	1	53	8	5
2nd XI	51	48	4	539	50	12.25	44.92	1	66	4	8
3rd XI	165	153	14	2,298	74*	16.53	51.51	3	257	8	14
4th XI	58	56	1	721	55	13.11	49.60	1	82	0	7
5th XI	10	10	1	218	68*	24.22	45.00	2	21	0	0
6th XI	1	1	0	1	1	1.00	4.76	0	0	0	0
7th XI	1	1	0	35	35	35.00	66.04	0	8	0	0
Sunday XI	98	91	10	1,494	98	18.44	61.48	6	173	5	9
Midweek XI	42	41	5	426	54	11.83	47.89	2	42	2	7
Veterans XI	14	13	2	254	50*	23.09	77.63	1	32	0	1
Tour XI	15	12	2	141	38	14.10	55.74	0	23	0	1
Friendly 1st XI	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	1
Friendly 2nd XI	3	2	0	57	57	28.50	67.86	1	11	0	1

Season	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Best	Avg	Econ	S/R
Career	634.1	59	3,361	115	4-12	29.23	5.30	33.09
2025	2	0	12	0	0-12	–	6.00	–
2018	6	0	71	2	2-33	35.50	11.83	18.00
2015	0.1	0	1	0	0-1	–	6.00	–
2014	7.1	0	65	0	0-5	–	9.07	–
2013	9.2	1	69	2	2-8	34.50	7.39	28.00
2012	14.4	0	76	2	1-2	38.00	5.18	44.00
2011	8	1	34	1	1-24	34.00	4.25	48.00
2010	26.3	1	163	4	1-3	40.75	6.15	39.75
2009	38.1	2	236	12	4-33	19.67	6.18	19.08
2008	21.2	1	189	5	2-1	37.80	8.86	25.60
2007	50.4	9	231	8	2-22	28.88	4.56	38.00
2006	64	7	307	12	3-14	25.58	4.80	32.00
2005	67	4	332	7	2-15	47.43	4.96	57.43
2004	44.1	3	275	11	2-23	25.00	6.23	24.09
2003	58.3	3	317	12	4-12	26.42	5.42	29.25
2002	69	8	308	11	3-15	28.00	4.46	37.64
2001	44.1	10	213	2	1-20	106.50	4.82	132.50
2000	51	7	219	13	4-22	16.85	4.29	23.54
1999	39.2	2	175	8	3-31	21.88	4.45	29.50
1998	13	0	68	3	2-38	22.67	5.23	26.00

Team	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Best	Avg	Econ	S/R
Career	634.1	59	3,361	115	4-12	29.23	5.30	33.09
1st XI	52	6	268	7	2-23	38.29	5.15	44.57
2nd XI	31.4	1	178	4	1-10	44.50	5.62	47.50
3rd XI	118	15	586	19	3-14	30.84	4.97	37.26
4th XI	141.3	24	619	29	4-22	21.34	4.37	29.28
5th XI	34	0	158	5	2-22	31.60	4.65	40.80
7th XI	3	0	12	0	0-12	–	4.00	–
Sunday XI	150.4	7	811	28	4-12	28.96	5.38	32.29
Midweek XI	62.2	2	471	13	3-33	36.23	7.56	28.77
Veterans XI	2	0	12	0	0-12	–	6.00	–
Tour XI	37	4	219	10	4-33	21.90	5.92	22.20
Friendly 1st XI	2	0	27	0	0-27	–	13.50	–

Season	Ct	Wk ct	St	RO
Career	126	14	6	5
2026	1	0	0	0
2025	0	0	0	0
2024	0	0	0	0
2023	0	0	0	1
2020	0	0	0	0
2018	6	0	0	0
2017	1	0	0	0
2016	2	0	0	0
2015	3	0	0	0
2014	2	0	0	0
2013	3	0	0	0
2012	7	0	0	0
2011	5	0	0	0
2010	7	2	1	0
2009	10	0	0	2
2008	6	0	0	0
2007	14	0	0	1
2006	12	0	0	0
2005	4	0	0	1
2004	7	1	0	0
2003	6	2	2	0
2002	14	4	1	0
2001	3	0	1	0
2000	5	4	1	0
1999	4	1	0	0
1998	4	0	0	0

Team	Ct	Wk ct	St	RO
Career	126	14	6	5
1st XI	10	0	0	0
2nd XI	12	0	0	0
3rd XI	40	3	1	2
4th XI	24	6	1	0
5th XI	4	0	0	0
6th XI	0	0	0	0
7th XI	0	0	0	0
Sunday XI	24	1	3	2
Midweek XI	6	4	1	1
Veterans XI	1	0	0	0
Tour XI	5	0	0	0
Friendly 1st XI	0	0	0	0
Friendly 2nd XI	0	0	0	0

Competition	Ct	Wk ct	St	RO
Career	126	14	6	5
League	51	3	1	2
Friendly	70	11	5	3
Tour	5	0	0	0

Highest scores

#	Score	Balls	4s	6s	Team	Date	Opposition
1	98	74	17	0	Sunday XI	15 Jul 2007	Ingatestone
2	93	96	11	0	Sunday XI	8 Jun 2003	Wickham Bishops
3	81	71	10	0	Sunday XI	9 Sep 2007	Margaretting
4	74*	61	9	2	3rd XI	7 Sep 2013	Rettendon
5	71	105	9	0	3rd XI	2 Jun 2012	Herongate II

Best bowling

#	Figures	Overs	Maidens	Team	Date	Opposition
1	4-12	6	0	Sunday XI	11 May 2003	South Fambridge
2	4-22	6	0	4th XI	20 May 2000	Eastwood IV
3	4-33	8	1	Tour XI	26 Aug 2009	Shanklin
4	3-14	8	0	3rd XI	6 May 2006	Galleywood III
5	3-15	8	2	4th XI	13 May 2000	Springfield IV

Highest partnerships

#	Runs	Wkt	Batters	Team	Date	Opposition
1	141*	1st	John Suckling & Darren Smith	Sunday XI	8 Jun 2003	Wickham Bishops
2	118*	5th	Alex Jones & Darren Smith	3rd XI	30 Jul 2011	Mountnessing
3	112*	1st	Richard Verrinder & Darren Smith	3rd XI	15 Sep 2012	Ardleigh Green II
4	109*	1st	John Suckling & Darren Smith	Sunday XI	6 Jun 2004	Wickham Bishops
5	106	8th	Darren Smith & Sam Verrinder	3rd XI	7 Sep 2013	Rettendon

Date	Team	Opposition	Result	Bat	Balls	Bowl (O-M-R-W)	Field
17 Sep 2026	Veterans XI	Essex Seniors Cricket 60+ V	Won	13*	23	–	–
10 Sep 2026	Veterans XI	Eastwood Veterans	Lost	4 lbw	11	–	–
3 Sep 2026	Veterans XI	East Herts Cavaliers	Won	50*	39	–	–
27 Aug 2026	Veterans XI	Billericay Veterans	Lost	5 bowled	9	–	–
12 Aug 2026	Veterans XI	Benfleet Veterans	Lost	41 caught	48	–	–
15 Jul 2026	Veterans XI	Old Victorians	Won	0 bowled	1	–	–
9 Jul 2026	Veterans XI	Eastwood Veterans	Lost	2 bowled	7	–	1 ct
2 Jul 2026	Veterans XI	Old Chelmsfordians VI	Lost	25 bowled		–	–
28 May 2026	Veterans XI	Eastwood Veterans	–	dnb		–	–
4 Sep 2025	Veterans XI	East Herts Cavaliers	Won	17 bowled	28	–	–
28 Aug 2025	Veterans XI	Billericay	Lost	18 bowled	9	2-0-12-0	–
16 Jul 2025	Veterans XI	Old Victorians	Lost	16 lbw	22	–	–
12 Sep 2024	Veterans XI	Eastwood	Lost	22 caught	28	–	–
22 Aug 2024	Veterans XI	Billericay	Lost	41 bowled	70	–	–
4 Jul 2024	Midweek XI	Eastwood	Lost	17*	12	–	–
12 Jun 2024	Midweek XI	Chelmer Veterans	Lost	8 caught		–	–
13 Sep 2023	Midweek XI	Eastwood	Won	33 caught	37	–	–
17 May 2023	Midweek XI	Old Victorians	Won	0 bowled	10	–	1 ro
29 Jul 2020	Midweek XI	Norwich	Lost	0 caught	24	–	–
15 Sep 2018	Friendly 2nd XI	Eastwood	Lost	57 caught	83	–	–
1 Sep 2018	2nd XI	Writtle	Lost	2 caught	8	–	1 ct
15 Aug 2018	Friendly 2nd XI	Void	Cancelled	dnb		–	–
3 Aug 2018	Tour XI	Eight Ash Green	Won	dnb		1-0-11-0	–
2 Aug 2018	Tour XI	Old Buckenham	Lost	0 bowled	15	–	–
31 Jul 2018	Tour XI	Garboldisham	Won	dnb		3-0-33-2	1 ct

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