Jeroen Smits

Jeroen Smits

Personal information
Full name	Jeroen Smits
Born	21 June 1972 The Hague, Netherlands
Batting style	Right-handed
Role	Wicket-keeper
International information
National side	Netherlands
ODI debut (cap 23)	12 February 2003 v India
Last ODI	1 September 2009 v Afghanistan
T20I debut (cap 8)	2 August 2008 v Kenya
Last T20I	5 August 2008 v Ireland
Career statistics
Competition ODIs FC List A T20I Matches 38 11 68 6 Runs scored 169 132 256 15 Batting average 16.90 12.00 12.80 15.00 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 Top score 29* 26 29* 11* Balls bowled – – – – Wickets – – – – Bowling average – – – – 5 wickets in innings – – – – 10 wickets in match – – – – Best bowling – – – – Catches/stumpings 41/7 28/5 81/14 1/0
Source: CricketArchive, 5 September 2009

Jeroen Smits (born 21 June 1972) is a former Dutch cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman who usually occupies the position of wicketkeeper.

For many years, since his debut in cricket's ICC Trophy on 20 February 1994, Smits has been backup keeper to Reinout Scholte and called upon when and where necessary. Since 2002, he has involved himself in Dutch league games. He captained his country in a game against Scotland in the 2007 World Cup, and in the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 captained his side to a win over hosts England, to date their most significant cricketing victory by some margin.^[1] In October 2009, he announced his retirement from international cricket.

Sources

• Player profile: Jeroen Smits from ESPNcricinfo
• Player profile: Jeroen Smits from CricketArchive

References

1. England v Netherlands match report - BBC Sport