Jane Smit (born 24 December 1972) is an English former cricketer who played as a wicket-keeper and right-handed batter. She appeared in 21 Test matches, 109 One Day Internationals and 4 Twenty20 Internationals for England between 1992 and 2008 and was part of the team which regained the Ashes in 2005.[1] She played domestic cricket for East Midlands from 1989 to 1999 and Nottinghamshire from 2000 to 2017.[2]

Jane Smit
Personal information
Full name
Jane Smit
Born (1972-12-24) 24 December 1972 (age 51)
Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England
BattingRight-handed
RoleWicket-keeper
RelationsDavid Smit (brother)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 114)19 February 1992 v Australia
Last Test29 August 2006 v India
ODI debut (cap 64)20 July 1993 v Denmark
Last ODI23 August 2007 v New Zealand
T20I debut (cap 10)5 August 2004 v New Zealand
Last T20I1 February 2008 v Australia
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1989–1999East Midlands
2000–2017Nottinghamshire
Career statistics
Competition WTest WODI WT20I WLA
Matches 21 109 4 323
Runs scored 554 1,003 1 6,529
Batting average 24.08 17.91 31.69
100s/50s 0/2 0/4 0/0 6/35
Top score 69 91 1* 136
Balls bowled 354
Wickets 7
Bowling average 40.00
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 2/30
Catches/stumpings 39/4 69/45 3/1 250/121
Source: CricketArchive, 6 March 2021

In the 2000 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand, Smit and Claire Taylor shared a partnership of 188* against Sri Lanka at Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln. It remains the highest fifth-wicket partnership in Women's One Day Internationals.[3]

Smit holds the record for most dismissals as wicket-keeper in Women's Cricket World Cup history (40).[4]

Her brother David represented Derbyshire Cricket Board in List A cricket between 1999 and 2002.[5]

References edit

  1. ^ "Jane Smit". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Jane Smit". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Records / Women's One-Day Internationals / Partnership Records / Highest Partnership for the Fifth Wicket". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Records / Women's World Cup / Most Dismissals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  5. ^ "David Smit". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 March 2021.

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