Jason Smith (cricketer)

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Jason Smith
Personal information
Full name
Jason Franswyn Smith
Born (1994-10-11) 11 October 1994
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-fast
RoleTop-order batter
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 150)18 September 2024 v Afghanistan
Last ODI10 February 2025 v New Zealand
T20I debut (cap 107)27 August 2024 v West Indies
Last T20I11 October 2025 v Namibia
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2012/13–2019/20Western Province
2015/16–2020/21Cape Cobras
2018/19South Western Districts
2018Cape Town Blitz
2021/22–presentKwaZulu-Natal Coastal
2024–2025Durban's Super Giants
2025–presentMI Cape Town
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 3 6 95 80
Runs scored 132 72 4,431 2,180
Batting average 44.00 36.00 34.34 35.73
100s/50s 0/1 0/0 7/30 1/16
Top score 91 31 147 116*
Balls bowled 30 – 5,916 1,376
Wickets 0 – 108 36
Bowling average – – 27.98 36.86
5 wickets in innings – – 4 0
10 wickets in match – – 1 0
Best bowling – – 6/49 4/38
Catches/stumpings 1/– 4/– 46/– 24/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 21 February 2026

Jason Franswyn Smith (born 11 October 1994) is a South African cricketer.[1] He was part of South Africa's squad for the 2014 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. In August 2017, he was named in Cape Town Knight Riders' squad for the first season of the T20 Global League.[2] However, in October 2017, Cricket South Africa initially postponed the tournament until November 2018, with it being cancelled soon after.[3]

In June 2018, he was named in the squad for the Cape Cobras team for the 2018–19 season.[4] In September 2018, he was named in South Western Districts' squad for the 2018 Africa T20 Cup.[5] In October 2018, he was named in Cape Town Blitz's squad for the first edition of the Mzansi Super League T20 tournament.[6][7]

In September 2019, he was named in Western Province's squad for the 2019–20 CSA Provincial T20 Cup.[8] In April 2021, Smith was named in the South Africa Emerging Men's squad for their six-match tour of Namibia.[9] Later the same month, he was named in KwaZulu-Natal's squad, ahead of the 2021–22 cricket season in South Africa.[10]

References

  1. "Jason Smith". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  2. "T20 Global League announces final team squads". T20 Global League. Archived from the original on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  3. "Cricket South Africa postpones Global T20 league". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  4. "Prince announces 'exciting' World Sports Betting Cape Cobras Squad for 2018/2019". Cape Cobras. Archived from the original on 16 June 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  5. "South Western Districts Squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  6. "Mzansi Super League - full squad lists". Sport24. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  7. "Mzansi Super League Player Draft: The story so far". Independent Online. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  8. "Western Province Name Squad for CSA Provincial T20 Cup". Cricket World. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  9. "SA Emerging men to tour Namibia". Cricket South Africa. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  10. "CSA reveals Division One squads for 2021/22". Cricket South Africa. Archived from the original on 20 April 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2021.