Daniel Smith is an Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n first-class cricket

First-class cricket

First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...

er. He plays for New South Wales in the Pura Cup

Pura Cup

The Sheffield Shield is the domestic cricket competition of Australia. The tournament is contested between teams from the six states of Australia. Prior to the Shield being established, a number of intercolonial matches were played. The Shield, donated by Lord Sheffield, was first contested during...

 and Ford Ranger Cup competitions. He was involved in the thrilling 2008/09 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash

KFC Twenty20 Big Bash

The KFC Twenty20 Big Bash was the domestic Twenty20 cricket competition in Australia. The competition was organised by Cricket Australia, and sponsored by fast food chicken outlet KFC. The competition was replaced by the Big Bash League as Australia's domestic Twenty20 competition after the 2010–11...

 final, scoring 1 not out and running through for a quick bye on the last ball to secure victory for the Blues.

Daniel also starred in the 2009 Champions League Twenty20

2009 Champions League Twenty20

The 2009 Champions League Twenty20 was the first edition of the Champions League Twenty20, an international club cricket tournament. It was held in India between 8 October and 23 October 2009 and featured 12 domestic teams from Australia, England, India, New Zealand, South Africa, Sri Lanka and...

 for the victorious NSW Blues. Daniel was the equal leading wicketkeeper for the series with four dismissals including 3 stumpings.

He plays for Sydney Cricket Club

Sydney Cricket Club

Sydney Cricket Club play in the Sydney Grade Cricket Competition. In 2007 the UTS-Balmain club merged with the Sydney Cricket Ground Trust and are now known as Sydney CC or Sydney Cricket Club or just simply Sydney Tigers. The Tigers play out of Drummoyne Oval. With over 100 years of history and...

 in the Sydney Grade Cricket Competition as a top order batsman, as well as wicket-keeping, after taking a big money offer in the 2011/12 pre-season to move from his junior club, Western Suburbs

Western Suburbs

Western Suburbs is an association football club in Porirua, New Zealand. They play their home matches at Endeavour Park in the Porirua suburb of Whitby and compete in the Central Premier League....

. Smith had consolidated his spot in the NSW team as Brad Haddin's understudy with some very handy first class innings, but was dropped in favour of Peter Nevill

Peter Nevill

Peter Nevill is a New South Wales cricketer, originally born in Hawthorn, Victoria. Peter Nevill is a wicket-keeper-batsman with a reasonable first class average of 39.53. Nevill made his first class debut for New South Wales against Victoria at the Melbourne Cricket Ground between February 15 and...

, and lost his NSW Contract following the 2010/11 domestic season.

Smith is also the assistant coach of NSW KFC Big Bash franchise Sydney Thunder

Sydney Thunder

The Sydney Thunder are a franchise in Australia's newly announced Twenty20 cricket competition, the Big Bash League.Along with the Sydney Sixers they are be the successors of the New South Wales Blues who played in the now-defunct KFC Twenty20 Big Bash. The Thunder will play out of ANZ Stadium in...

, and a squad member as a wicket-keeper/batsman.

Career Best Performances

as of 27 October 2010

Batting
	Score	Fixture	Venue	Season
FC First-class cricket First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...	96	New South Wales New South Wales Blues The New South Wales cricket team are an Australian first class cricket team based in Sydney, New South Wales...  v South Australia Southern Redbacks The South Australia cricket team, nicknamed the Southern Redbacks and known as the West End Redbacks due to their sponsorship agreement with local brewers West End, are an Australian first class cricket team based in Adelaide, South Australia, and represent the state of South Australia...	SCG Sydney Cricket Ground The Sydney Cricket Ground is a sports stadium in Sydney in Australia. It is used for Australian football, Test cricket, One Day International cricket, some rugby league and rugby union matches and is the home ground for the New South Wales Blues cricket team and the Sydney Swans of the Australian...	2008
LA	62*	New South Wales Blues New South Wales Blues The New South Wales cricket team are an Australian first class cricket team based in Sydney, New South Wales...  v Victorian Bushrangers Victorian Bushrangers The Victorian cricket team, nicknamed the Bushrangers, is an Australian cricket team based in Melbourne, that represents the state of Victoria. It is administered by Cricket Victoria and draws its players from Melbourne's Premier Cricket competition...	SCG Sydney Cricket Ground The Sydney Cricket Ground is a sports stadium in Sydney in Australia. It is used for Australian football, Test cricket, One Day International cricket, some rugby league and rugby union matches and is the home ground for the New South Wales Blues cricket team and the Sydney Swans of the Australian...	2009
T20	28	New South Wales Blues New South Wales Blues The New South Wales cricket team are an Australian first class cricket team based in Sydney, New South Wales...  v Tasmanian Tigers Tasmanian Tigers The Tasmanian cricket team, nicknamed the Tigers, represents the Australian state of Tasmania in cricket tournaments. They compete annually in the Australian domestic senior men's cricket season, which currently consists of the first-class Sheffield Shield, the limited overs Ford Ranger Cup, and...	Hobart Bellerive Oval Bellerive Oval, also known as its sponsored name Blundstone Arena, is primarily a cricket and Australian Rules Football ground located in Bellerive, City of Clarence, on the eastern shore of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia...	2006

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