Jane Smit (born 24 December 1972) is an English former
cricket
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er who played as a
wicket-keeper and right-handed
batter
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. She appeared in 21
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...
, 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. She played domestic cricket for
East Midlands
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from 1989 to 1999 and
Nottinghamshire from 2000 to 2017.
In the
2000 Women's Cricket World Cup
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in
New Zealand, Smit and
Claire Taylor
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shared a partnership of 188* against
Sri Lanka
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at
Bert Sutcliffe Oval,
Lincoln. It remains the highest fifth-wicket partnership in Women's One Day Internationals.
Smit holds the record for most dismissals as wicket-keeper in
Women's Cricket World Cup history (40).
Her brother
David represented
Derbyshire Cricket Board
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in
List A cricket between 1999 and 2002.
References
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Smit, Jane
1972 births
Living people
People from Ilkeston
English women cricketers
Cricketers from Derbyshire
England women Test cricketers
England women One Day International cricketers
England women Twenty20 International cricketers
East Midlands women cricketers
Nottinghamshire women cricketers
Wicket-keepers