Name Jane Smit | Role Cricket Player | |
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Born 24 December 1972 (age 50 years), Ilkeston, United Kingdom Batting Right-handed Relations David Smit (brother) National side England (1992–2008) Test debut (cap 114) 19 February 1992 v Australia Last Test 29 August 2006 v India ODI debut (cap 64) 20 July 1993 v Denmark Last ODI 23 August 2007 v New Zealand T20I debut (cap 10) 5 August 2004 v New Zealand Last T20I 1 February 2008 v Australia Domestic team information East Midlands (1989–1999), Nottinghamshire(2000–2017) Nationality British Zodiac Sign Capricorn Similar Sarah Taylor (cricketer), Rebecca Rolls, Trisha Chetty | ||
Sarah Glenn, Charlotte Horton and Jane Smit discuss their cricketing careers
Jane Smit (born 24 December 1972, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England) is an English cricketer and former member of the England team. A wicket keeper, she was formerly married to Australian-born Derbyshire and Northamptonshire cricketer Matthew Cassar but she has reverted to her maiden name. She retired from the game during England's tour of Australia in 2008 after having played 109 one day internationals and 21 Tests. She was part of the team which regained the Ashes in 2005. Her brother David represented the Derbyshire Cricket Board in List A cricket.
In the 2000 Women's Cricket World Cup she along with Claire Taylor set the record for the highest 5th wicket runstand in the history of Women's Cricket World Cup(188*)
She holds the record for registering the most number of dismissals as wicketkeeper in Women's Cricket World Cup history(40)