Jeroen Smits (born 21 June 1972) is a Dutch former cricketer and a former captain of the national side. He played as a right-handed batsman and usually also as a wicketkeeper.

Jeroen Smits
Personal information
Born (1972-06-21) 21 June 1972 (age 52)
The Hague, Netherlands
BattingRight-handed
RoleWicket-keeper
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 23)12 February 2003 v India
Last ODI1 September 2009 v Afghanistan
ODI shirt no.10
T20I debut (cap 8)2 August 2008 v Kenya
Last T20I9 June 2009 v Pakistan
T20I shirt no.10
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
HCC
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 38 6 11 68
Runs scored 169 15 132 256
Batting average 16.90 15.00 12.00 12.80
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 29* 11* 26 29*
Catches/stumpings 41/7 1/0 28/5 81/14
Source: Cricinfo, 12 May 2017

For many years, since his debut in cricket's ICC Trophy on 20 February 1994, Smits had been the backup keeper to Reinout Scholte and was called upon whenever needed. 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. In April 2018, he was appointed the team manager of the national team.[2]

References

edit
  1. ^ England v Netherlands match report – BBC Sport
  2. ^ "Borren calls time on Netherlands career". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
edit