{{short description|Italian cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2017}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Nikolai Smith | image = | country = Italy | fullname = Nikolai Leonard Smith | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|1|5|df=yes}} | birth_place = Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm medium | role =
| international = true | internationalspan = 2019–present
| T20Idebutdate = 15 October | T20Idebutyear = 2021 | T20Idebutagainst = Denmark | T20Icap = 20 | lastT20Idate = 21 October | lastT20Iyear = 2021 | lastT20Iagainst = Germany
| club1 = Northern Knights | year1 = {{nowrap|2013–2018}}
| columns = 4 | column1 = T20I | matches1 = 6 | runs1 = 90 | bat avg1 = 22.50 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 26 | deliveries1 = – | wickets1 = – | bowl avg1 = – | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = – | catches/stumpings1 = 3/– | column2 = FC | matches2 = 5 | runs2 = 67 | bat avg2 = 8.37 | 100s/50s2 = 0/0 | top score2 = 28 | deliveries2 = 353 | wickets2 = 8 | bowl avg2 = 17.50 | fivefor2 = 0 | tenfor2 = 0 | best bowling2 = 2/25 | catches/stumpings2 = 1/– | column3 = LA | matches3 = 16 | runs3 = 343 | bat avg3 = 31.18 | 100s/50s3 = 1/0 | top score3 = 102* | deliveries3 = 126 | wickets3 = 6 | bowl avg3 = 20.00 | fivefor3 = 0 | tenfor3 = 0 | best bowling3 = 4/44 | catches/stumpings3 = 6/– | column4 = T20 | matches4 = 11 | runs4 = 116 | bat avg4 = 12.88 | 100s/50s4 = 0/0 | top score4 = 26 | deliveries4 = 50 | wickets4 = 3 | bowl avg4 = 26.33 | fivefor4 = 0 | tenfor4 = 0 | best bowling4 = 2/23 | catches/stumpings4 = 4/– | date = 3 February 2023 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/1005373.html Cricinfo }} '''Nikolai Leonard Smith''' (born 5 January 1993) is an Italian cricketer who plays for the Italy national cricket team.<ref name="Bio">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/1005373.html |title=Nikolai Smith |accessdate=26 May 2017 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> He qualifies as an Italian citizen through his mother, who comes from Ottaviano.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLESTOURNAMENTS/articles/000001/000185.shtml |title=Vesuvius legacy enters Italian cricket |work=Cricket Europe |accessdate=19 November 2019 |archive-date=19 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211119101632/https://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLESTOURNAMENTS/articles/000001/000185.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref>
He made his Twenty20 cricket debut for Northern Knights in the 2017 Inter-Provincial Trophy on 26 May 2017.<ref name="T20">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1089612.html |title=Cricket Ireland Inter-Provincial Twenty20 Trophy, Munster Reds v Northern Knights at Cork, May 26, 2017 |accessdate=26 May 2017 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> He made his List A debut for Northern Knights in the 2017 Inter-Provincial Cup on 29 May 2017.<ref name="LA">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1089606.html |title=Cricket Ireland Inter-Provincial Limited Over Cup, North-West Warriors v Northern Knights at Strabane, May 29, 2017 |accessdate=29 May 2017 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> He made his first-class debut for Northern Knights in the 2017 Inter-Provincial Championship on 30 May 2017.<ref name="FC">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1089599.html |title=Cricket Ireland Inter-Provincial Championship, North-West Warriors v Northern Knights at Eglinton, May 30-Jun 1, 2017 |accessdate=30 May 2017 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>
In November 2019, he was named in Italy's squad for the Cricket World Cup Challenge League B tournament in Oman.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crickitalia.org/media/2968/convocazione-nazionale-2019-oman-2019.pdf |title=ICC Calling Cricket World Cup Challenge League group B |work=Federazione Cricket Italiana |accessdate=7 November 2019}}</ref> In Italy's opening match of the tournament, against Kenya, Smith scored his first century in List A cricket.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLESTOURNAMENTS/articles/000001/000188.shtml |title=Tale of two centuries |work=Cricket Europe |accessdate=3 December 2019 |archive-date=3 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191203182540/https://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLESTOURNAMENTS/articles/000001/000188.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In September 2021, he was named in Italy's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the Regional Final of the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/former-england-quick-jade-dernbach-set-to-play-for-italy-in-t20-world-cup-europe-qualifier-1278796 |title=Jade Dernbach set to play for Italy |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=21 September 2021}}</ref> He made his T20I debut on 15 October 2021, for Italy against Denmark.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1282739.html |title=2nd Match, Almeria, Oct 15 2021, ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Region Qualifier |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=15 October 2021}}</ref>
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