Scott Oliver on the circuitous route by which Steve Smith came to be playing club cricket in Kent
After reluctantly agreeing to take on first team skippering duties at Grappenhall CC ahead of the 2007 season, Will Sharp still wonders what that third-tier Cheshire County League campaign might have held had the last-minute signing of a 17-year-old leg-spinning prodigy from the Sydney suburbs panned out.
Steven Peter Devereux Smith had arrived at Manchester airport fresh off a breakout season at Sutherland CC, where his exploits had already drawn the attention of the Sydney Telegraph, who were...
