JJ Smuts

JJ Smuts
Personal information
Full name
Jon-Jon Trevor Smuts
Born (1988-09-21) 21 September 1988 (age 36)
Grahamstown, Cape Province, South Africa
BattingRight-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
RoleBatting all-rounder
RelationsKelly Smuts (brother)
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 135)4 February 2020 v England
Last ODI7 April 2021 v Pakistan
T20I debut (cap 69)20 January 2017 v Sri Lanka
Last T20I14 February 2021 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2006/07–2021/22Eastern Province
2007/08–2020/21Warriors (squad no. 21)
2016St Kitts and Nevis Patriots
2018–2019Nelson Mandela Bay Giants
2022/23–presentKwaZulu-Natal Coastal
2023Sunrisers Eastern Cape
2024Durban's Super Giants
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 6 13 80 109
Runs scored 200 174 4,434 3,523
Batting average 50.00 13.38 31.67 34.88
100s/50s 0/1 0/0 8/25 6/23
Top score 84 45 150* 173*
Balls bowled 180 136 6,437 3,038
Wickets 4 1 100 62
Bowling average 41.00 178.00 36.84 41.91
5 wickets in innings 0 0 1 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 1 0
Best bowling 2/42 1/19 6/80 4/4
Catches/stumpings 3/– 1/– 46/– 32/–
Source: Cricinfo, 7 April 2021

Jon-Jon Trevor Smuts (born 21 September 1988) is a South African cricketer who plays for the Warriors in the South African domestic competitions.[1] He is a right-handed opening batsman and a slow left-arm bowler. In 2010 he was selected for the South African Emerging Players' squad to tour Australia. In the 2018 South African Cricket Annual, he was named as one of the five Cricketers of the Year.[2][3] He is the brother of cricket player Kelly Smuts.

  1. ^ "Chevrolet Warriors - Cricket South Africa". Archived from the original on 23 September 2009. Retrieved 19 October 2009.
  2. ^ "Markram, Ngidi named among SA Cricket Annual's Top Five". Cricket South Africa. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Markram, Ngidi among SA Cricket Annual's Cricketers of the Year". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 November 2018.