Trinity Smith (born 2 August 2004) is a

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er who plays for the

Jersey women's cricket team The Jersey women's cricket team is the team that represents the Crown dependency of Jersey in international women's cricket matches. They became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2005, and an associate member ...

. She is the first Jersey woman to score a half-century in a

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. Smith is also the first player from the island - male or female - to be nominated for an ICC Player of the Month Award.

Career

Three years after first taking up cricket, Smith made her international debut at the

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on 5 May 2022 in a match against the host nation during which she took a wicket. The following day she became the first Jersey woman to score a

half-century when she hit 59 not out off 43 balls including eight 4s as Jersey beat

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with Smith named player of the match. In the tournament final against the French she smashed a 40-ball 56 not out as Jersey successfully chased a victory target of 126 with 3.2 overs to spare, again earning herself player of the match honours. At the start of June 2022, Smith was nominated for the ICC Women's Player of the Month Award. Shortlisted alongside Pakistan duo

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and

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, it was the first time any cricketer from Jersey - male or female - had been put up for an ICC monthly best player award. Later that month she was named in the Jersey squad for the Women's T20I Inter-Insular Cup at home against neighbours Guernsey. Smith was among the Jersey contingent which finished third at the

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, with her personal highlight being a knock of 23 in a 108-run win against

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. She got her first taste of captaining the national side when she led the squad on a tour of Northern Ireland which included two T20 matches against Ireland Women’s U19 Academy in June 2024. The following month, Smith made 22 and shared a 79-run partnership with Charlie Miles as Jersey retained the 2024 WT20I Inter-insular Cup for the third successive year with a 104-run win over Guernsey at

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in St Saviour.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Trinity 2004 births Living people Jersey cricketers Place of birth missing (living people)