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1151:Robinson, James (7 October 2009).
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990:Mountford, Adam (14 May 2013).
980:Retrieved on 25 November 2008.
817:What Sport Tells Us About Life
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1124:"The Wisden of umpire Archer"
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992:"Test Match Special returns"
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1517:England Test cricketers
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1129:London Evening Standard
886:BBC News, 18 April 2018
703:Wisden Book of the Year
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1017:. London: Bloomsbury.
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701:, was named the 2005
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685:Smith's first book,
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186:Cambridge University
29:Personal information
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779:Smith, E.T. (2003)
750:a few days prior".
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414:10 wickets in match
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148:South Africa
92:Right-handed
54:19 July 1977
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1492:1977 births
1263:8 September
1242:8 September
1217:8 September
1108:11 November
695:2003 season
500:commentator
267:Runs scored
225:Competition
1486:Categories
1474:Shaun Udal
1457:Ben Hutton
1181:"Ed Smith"
954:. London:
936:. London:
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871:References
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671:Authors XI
554:Early life
100:Right-arm
50:1977-07-19
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748:Economist
643:Middlesex
541:Australia
537:The Ashes
512:Middlesex
496:cricketer
450:stumpings
320:Top score
206:Middlesex
202:2005–2008
192:1996–2004
182:1996–1998
154:Last Test
67:, England
1468:2007–08
1437:Ed Smith
1405:. London
1373:. London
1344:. London
1192:30 March
1161:. London
977:Cricinfo
754:Football
614:against
479:Cricinfo
477:Source:
448:Catches/
303:100s/50s
73:Nickname
23:Ed Smith
1291:21 June
631:England
620:innings
612:England
602:Cricket
588:century
560:Pembury
516:England
358:Wickets
250:Matches
130:England
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89:Batting
61:Pembury
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298:22.92
295:31.13
292:41.79
289:17.40
276:3,798
174:Years
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