Odean Smith

Odean Fabian Smith (born 1 November 1996) is a Jamaican cricketer. He made his international debut for the West Indies cricket team in April 2018.

Odean Smith
Personal information
Full name
Odean Fabian Smith
Born 1 November 1996 (age 26)
St. Elizabeth, Jamaica
Batting Right-handed
Bowling Right arm fast-medium
Role Bowling all-rounder
International information
National side
  • West Indies
ODI debut (cap 209) 8 January 2022 v Ireland
Last ODI 21 March 2023 v South Africa
T20I debut (cap 73) 2 April 2018 v Pakistan
Last T20I 26 March 2023 v South Africa
Domestic team information
Years Team
2017–present Jamaica (squad no. 15)
2018-19 Trinidad and Tobago
2017 Jamaica Tallawahs
2018 St Lucia Zouks
2019–present Guyana Amazon Warriors (squad no. 15)
2022 Punjab Kings (squad no. 15)
2023 Gujarat Titans
2023 Quetta Gladiators (squad no. 58)
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I LA T20
Matches 5 24 34 66
Runs scored 144 162 542 485
Batting average 36.00 13.50 31.18 17.32
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/2 0/0
Top score 46 27* 68* 43
Balls bowled 145 414 1,149 1,135
Wickets 6 24 35 70
Bowling average 20.33 28.29 31.97 26.24
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 2/26 3/29 3/15 4/30
Catches/stumpings 1/– 12/– 14/– 29/–
Source: Cricinfo, 2 November 2022

Domestic and T20 franchise career

Smith made his List A debut on 16 January 2015 in the 2014–15 Regional Super50 tournament. He made his Twenty20 debut for Jamaica Tallawahs in the 2017 Caribbean Premier League on 8 August 2017. He made his first-class debut for Jamaica in the 2017–18 Regional Four Day Competition on 7 December 2017.

In May 2018, Smith was selected to play for the Trinidad and Tobago national cricket team in the Professional Cricket League draft, ahead of the 2018–19 season. In November 2019, he was named in Trinidad and Tobago’s squad for the 2019–20 Regional Super50 tournament.

In June 2020, Smith was selected by Jamaica, in the players’ draft hosted by Cricket West Indies ahead of the 2020–21 domestic season. In July 2020, he was named in the Guyana Amazon Warriors squad for the 2020 Caribbean Premier League.

In November 2021, Smith was selected to play for the Dambulla Giants following the players’ draft for the 2021 Lanka Premier League. In February 2022, he was bought by the Punjab Kings in the auction for the 2022 Indian Premier League tournament. He is bought by Gujarat Titans to play in the IPL 2023 season for INR. 50 Lakh in the IPL auction held on 23 December 2022.

International career

In December 2015, Smith was named in the West Indies’ squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.

In March 2018, Smith was named in the West Indies squad for their Twenty20 International (T20I) series against Pakistan. He made his T20I debut for the West Indies against Pakistan on 2 April 2018.

In November 2021, Smith was named in the West Indies’ One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) squads for their series against Pakistan. In December 2021, he was named in the West Indies’ ODI squad for their series against Ireland. He made his ODI debut on 8 January 2022, for the West Indies against Ireland.