Paul Smith (cricketer, born 1964)

Paul Andrew Smith (born 15 April 1964) in Gosforth, Northumberland is a former English cricketer who played for Warwickshire from 1982 to 1996.

The following year, in 1995, he again played an important role as Warwickshire completed the double of County Championship and Natwest Trophy.

Late in his career, Smith drew great pride from becoming the first white cricketer to play for Cape Town club St. Augustine’s during the dismantling of apartheid.

This sprang directly from the recommendation of former Warwickshire coach, the late Bob Woolmer, and carried a cultural significance as St. Augustine’s C.C.

[2][3] Smith formed CWB (Cricket Without Boundaries) with Pertemps Group Chairman Tim Watts, with the aim of linking sport to the classroom and then employment.