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David "Dave" Langford-Smith (born December 7, 1976) is an Australian-born Irish cricketer who, on 13 June 2006, became the first man to take a wicket in a One Day International for Ireland, when he dismissed Ed Joyce (a former ''Ireland'' cricketer making his debut for ''England'') at Belfast.〔(Scorecard ) of Ireland v England ODI, 13 June 2006 at Cricket Archive〕 A right-handed batsman and right arm fast-medium bowler,〔 he has played 34 times for the Ireland cricket team as of 10 June 2007.〔(CricketEurope Stats Zone profile )〕 Dave also plays for, Phoenix Cricket club (/ ), where he is a strong player and is the head coach of all teams. He has Played for Phoenix for several years. ==Cricket career== born 7 December 1976 in Sydney, New South Wales,〔(Cricket Archive profile )〕 Langford-Smith's first two Ireland matches were played in June 2005, but he was playing ''against'' Ireland for the MCC as Ireland warmed up for the 2005 ICC Trophy.〔(Scorecard of first ) and (scorecard of second ) Ireland v MCC matches, June 2005 at Cricket Archive〕 He made his debut for Ireland proper on 23 April 2006, playing against Hampshire〔 in a C&G Trophy match.〔(List A matches played by David Langford-Smith ) at Cricket Archive〕 He continued playing in the C&G Trophy that year,〔 and made his first-class debut on 17 May 2006 in an 2006 ICC Intercontinental Cup match against Namibia.〔(First-class matches played by David Langford-Smith ) at Cricket Archive〕 This was followed by a C&G Trophy match against Middlesex at Lord's〔 and the aforementioned ODI against England in Belfast, which was his〔(ODIs played by David Langford-Smith ) at Cricket Archive〕 and Ireland's first One-Day International.〔(List of ODIs played by Ireland ) at Cricket Archive〕 Langford-Smith then played in the 2006 European Championship in Scotland in August,〔(Squads for the 2006 European Championship Division One ) at CricketEurope〕 playing against Denmark, Italy, the Netherlands and Scotland. This was followed by a match against the MCC at Lord's〔 and an Intercontinental Cup match against Scotland in Aberdeen.〔 Langford-Smith's next matches for Ireland were in Division One of the World Cricket League in Nairobi in early 2007,〔 playing in ODIs against Scotland, Kenya, Canada and the Netherlands.〔 He then played in an Intercontinental Cup match against the UAE in Abu Dhabi〔 before heading to the West Indies to take part in the 2007 Cricket World Cup.〔 He played in all nine of Ireland's matches in the 2007 World Cup, taking seven wickets,〔(Player profile ) at Cricinfo〕 and has continued in the Irish side since, playing in the 2007 Friends Provident Trophy〔 and in the final of the Intercontinental Cup against Canada.〔 This is his most recent game for Ireland at the time of writing.〔 He was not named in Ireland's squad for their ODIs against India and South Africa in June 2007 due to injury,〔(Article about Ireland squad for ODIs in June )〕 though he turned out for his club, Phoenix Cricket Club, the day after the squad was announced.〔(Article about Langford-Smith playing for his club )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dave Langford-Smith」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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