Jane Smit
Encyclopedia
Jane Smit is an English
cricketer
and former member of the England team
. A wicket keeper, she was formerly married to Australia
n-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.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
cricketer
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
and former member of the England team
English women's cricket team
The England women's cricket team played their first Test match in 1934–35, when they beat Australia 2–0 in a three-Test series. Their current captain is Charlotte Edwards, replacing Clare Connor after her five-year tenure, which she finished by leading England to their first Ashes series win since...
. A wicket keeper, she was formerly married to Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n-born Derbyshire and Northamptonshire cricketer Matthew Cassar
Matthew Cassar
Matthew Edward Cassar is a former Australian cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler who represented Derbyshire from 1994 to 2000 and Northamptonshire from 2001 and 2002....
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
David Smit
David Smit is an English cricketer. Smit is a right-handed batsman. He was born at Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. He was schooled at Nottingham High School....
represented the Derbyshire Cricket Board
Derbyshire Cricket Board
The Derbyshire Cricket Board is the governing body for all recreational cricket in the historic county of Derbyshire.From 1999 to 2003 the Board fielded a team in the English domestic one-day tournament, matches which had List-A status.-External links:*...
in List A cricket.