deliveries columns catches/stumpings birth_date tenfor bowling country fivefor batting name fullname birth_place column international role source date runs wickets internationalspan s/s matches article_title
1,645 953 216 3 6 / -- 9 / -- 2 / -- 10 november 1995 0 n/a n/a left-arm medium-fast namibia 0 0 0 right-handed jj smit johannes jonathan smit keetmanshoop , namibia fc la t20 true bowler http://cricketarchive.com/archive/players/1201/1201301/1201301.html cricketarchive 1995 11 10 yes 315 202 67 30 16 11 2012 -- 2015 0/0 0/0 0/0 14 22 11 jj smit

jj smit

johannes jonathan `` jj '' smit -lrb- born 10 november 1995 -rrb- is a namibian cricketer who made his senior debut for the namibian national side in february 2012 , aged 16 .
a left-arm fast bowler from keetmanshoop , smit made his debut for the namibian under-19 side during the 2011 -- 12 season .
he played five matches in that season 's khaya majola week , held in december 2011 , with namibia facing the under-19 teams of the south african domestic teams .
towards the end of the season , in february 2012 , smit was selected to make his debut for the namibian senior team .
he took a single wicket on debut against western province in the south african three-day provincial competition , that of mujahid behardien .
smit played another first-class match the following season , again against western province .
he again featured for the under-19s in khaya majola week , and took seven wickets , behind only bredell wessells for namibia .
his twelve maiden overs at the tournament was bettered by only two players -- kwazulu-natal 's kyle simmonds -lrb- 17 -rrb- and easterns ' vincent moore -lrb- 14 -rrb- .
at the 2013 icc africa under-19 championship , played in uganda in may 2013 , smit took twelve wickets , behind only kenya 's paramveer singh .
he was also named player of the final , after taking 4/17 from eight overs , including a hat-trick , to help namibia defeat kenya by 52 runs , and thus qualify for the 2014 under-19 world cup .
smit made his under-19 one day international -lrb- odi -rrb- debut at the world cup , played in the united arab emirates in february 2014 .
he featured in all six of namibia 's matches at the tournament , with his eight wickets behind only bredell wessells -lrb- 14 -rrb- for namibia .
generally opening the bowling with either marius delport or kobus brand , his best figures , 3/55 , came against australia .
outside of his under-19 appearances , smit has become a regular for the namibian senior side in both south african domestic tournaments and international competitions , featuring at the 2013 intercontinental cup and wcl championship , the 2013 world twenty20 qualifier , and the 2014 world cup qualifier .
against kenya at the 2014 world cup qualifier in new zealand , he took 3/23 from ten overs opening with louis klazinga , limiting kenya to 186/8 from their 50 overs .
batting ninth in namibia 's innings , he came to the wicket with the score at 144/7 , after sarel burger 's dismissal , and subsequently scored 33 not out from 25 balls .
namibia won by two wickets -lrb- with seven balls remaining -rrb- , and smit was named man of the match .
