In the fourth day of Sussex’s tie against Leicestershire, Smith caught the ball in the second slip with a terrific one-handed strike and removed Rehan Ahmed for 9 points in the second inning.

Smith scored 3 (14) points in his only game against Leicestershire, trapping LBW seamer Vian Mulder with a serve that slipped past the inside edge of the player’s right hand.

The match ended in a draw after Rishi Patel (100) and Vian Mulder (102 not out) prevented Sussex from breaking away.

Smith signed a three-match contract with Sussex to prepare for the World Test Championship (WTC) final against India and then a five-match Ashes series.

Playing No. 1, Sussex, backed by Tom Alsop (182), Cheteshwar Pujara (77) and JM Coles (70), scored 430 first serve points.

In response, Leicestershire was out for 270, and Sussex was forced to continue playing.

In the second inning, Lestershire led 295 at 6.