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Robin Smith: Former England batter dies aged 62
- Smith's family confirmed on Tuesday that Robin Arnold Smith, former England batter, died unexpectedly at his South Perth, Australia apartment on Monday, aged 62.
- A South Africa-born batter, Smith played 62 Tests and 71 ODIs for England and appeared over 600 times for Hampshire, scoring more than 30,000 runs in over 20 years.
- Statistically, Smith amassed 4,236 Test runs at 43.67 with nine centuries and 2,419 ODI runs at 39.01, including an unbeaten 167 at Edgbaston in 1993.
- Hampshire Cricket and former teammates paid tribute and requested privacy for Smith's family, while Michael Atherton, former England captain, said Smith was an extremely strong and tough batter.
- Post-Retirement, Smith had spoken about alcoholism and depression, and recently met the England Lions in Perth at Flintoff's invitation.
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It’s hard to overstate the fear that gripped England’s batters in the late 1980s. It wasn’t so much the thought of having your head knocked off by the battery of West Indies pace aces, as the prospect of being picked for your country, playing one or two Tests, and then disappearing into the abyss. Zak Crawley wouldn’t have lasted two minutes. Then Robin Smith came along. Eyes popping, arms swinging, biceps bulging: here was a boy’s-own hero, bor…
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