Devon Sheldon Smith (born 21 October 1981 in Hermitage, Saint Patrick Parish, Grenada) is a former cricketer who featured as an opening or top order left-handed batsman.
[8] Smith was later part of the Windward Islands team that won the 2000-01 Red Stripe Bowl, the side's first senior regional championship since 1989.
[11] During the 2012-13 Super 50 final Smith put on a 100 run opening partnership with Johnson Charles and eventually scored a match-winning 67 as the Windwards prevailed by 9 wickets over the Combined Campuses and Colleges.
[14] Smith then copped the Sir Viv Richards award as the leading run-scorer in the 2018–19 Regional Four Day Competition, with 745 runs in nine matches at an average of 43.82.
[16] Smith made the step up to international cricket when he was selected in the West Indies squad to face Australia in their 2003 tour.
[23] Smith made his return to international cricket in January 2007 for the West Indies's tour of India, he played in three matches of the four-ODI series, making a highest score of 33.
[30] After playing in the Test series against Sri Lanka and Australia, where he made a highest score of 48 from eight innings,[18] he was dropped from the side for the tour to New Zealand.
However, following a career best performance for the Windward Islands, scoring 212 runs against Guyana, he was rewarded with a recall to the side for the home series against England.
[36] He finished the tournament as the highest run-scorer for the West Indies; 300 runs at an average of 42.85 and a top score of 107, his maiden ODI century.
After disappointing Test and ODI series where, troubled by the spin bowling attack of Pakistan, Smith managed only 47 runs from five innings,[19] he was dropped from the side.
[39] Smith was recalled to the West Indies team for the tour of South Africa on 1 December 2014 to replace an injured Chris Gayle.