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606:. After his success, he stated that he would like to regain the opening position. Despite struggling for runs in first-class cricket at the start of the season, Smith was Lancashire's leading run-scorer in T20 cricket in 2010 with 543 runs from 17 matches, nearly 150 runs more than his nearest competitor,
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who had returned from
England duty – and Smith was unable to break into the side. Smith explained that "I am Lancashire born and bred and I want to play for Lancashire for all of my career. I'm just going to get some cricket and make sure I am ticking over well". He was immediately drafted into
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matches, although his batting average in first-class matches was a disappointing 8.50 from four matches. Moores backed Smith to succeed in the long form of the game, stating "We've backed Tom to do it because it balances our team and he has shown he is a very good player. I think we've seen that in
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was impressed by Smith's performances with the bat and ball. Smith's contract with the club was renewed, along with nine other young players who were expected to form the basis of
Lancashire's squad in the future. Smith stated his intent to cement his place in the Lancashire side as an all-rounder,
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Nottinghamshire, and in the process became the first Lancashire player to
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Championship for the first time since 1950. With the English cricket season concluded, in November Smith travelled to Zimbabwe to play for the
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the one-day stuff. I think Tom is playing well. You judge a player on how he's playing. Tom's developing and learning quickly. Technically, he stands up tall and plays up the ground which is what you want your openers to do".
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and scored 104 runs from 166 balls, beating his previous highest first-class score of 63. Following this successful innings, Smith was again promoted to open the innings with Kyle Hogg in a one-day match against
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600:middle order
597:
577:Glen Chapple
561:
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515:
502:Warwickshire
498:
485:
457:
452:
448:
445:Breakthrough
405:
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351:Best bowling
136:
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1517:1985 births
1318:7 September
852:9 September
589:Tom Lungley
568:Paul Horton
564:Roses Match
422:all-rounder
214:Runs scored
180:Competition
111:All-rounder
94:Left-handed
1511:Categories
1462:25 January
1241:, Cricinfo
1222:12 January
1218:, Cricinfo
1195:, Cricinfo
1171:, Cricinfo
669:, Cricinfo
644:References
620:county cap
134:Lancashire
56:1985-12-26
1500: at
1498:Tom Smith
1295:18 August
1268:28 August
1245:28 August
1199:28 August
1175:28 August
1140:11 August
1113:11 August
1090:11 August
1063:11 August
1040:11 August
1017:11 August
990:11 August
967:11 August
944:11 August
825:11 August
802:11 August
779:11 August
762:11 August
739:11 August
722:11 August
699:11 August
673:11 August
573:Hampshire
562:During a
543:Glamorgan
506:Yorkshire
454:realised.
410:cricketer
367:stumpings
258:Top score
151:(on loan)
130:2005–2017
69:, England
67:Liverpool
20:Tom Smith
1135:Cricinfo
1084:Cricinfo
1012:Cricinfo
921:27 April
898:27 April
875:15 April
847:Cricinfo
556:Twenty20
547:Mal Loye
391:Source:
365:Catches/
244:100s/50s
75:Nickname
545:. With
538:innings
526:century
468:Chorley
290:Wickets
200:Matches
157:2011/12
99:Bowling
91:Batting
78:Smudger
583:, and
440:Career
426:medium
278:13,431
275:bowled
83:Height
1441:8 May
1414:8 May
1391:8 May
1368:8 May
1341:8 May
649:Notes
532:, he
371:112/–
316:31.84
313:28.38
310:28.56
284:1,229
281:2,700
273:Balls
239:27.80
236:32.70
233:29.42
223:2,113
220:1,635
217:3,972
122:Years
1464:2017
1443:2012
1416:2012
1393:2012
1370:2012
1343:2012
1320:2011
1297:2010
1270:2010
1247:2010
1224:2011
1201:2010
1177:2010
1142:2009
1115:2009
1092:2009
1065:2009
1042:2009
1019:2009
992:2009
969:2009
946:2009
923:2009
900:2009
877:2009
854:2009
827:2009
804:2009
781:2009
764:2009
741:2009
724:2009
701:2009
675:2009
491:and
470:and
377:42/–
374:24/–
360:3/12
357:4/48
354:6/46
253:0/11
250:2/11
247:3/26
143:2008
125:Team
107:Role
50:Born
466:in
294:241
267:92*
264:117
261:128
203:107
194:T20
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300:51
297:84
209:96
206:73
189:LA
184:FC
146:→
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