Kelly Smuts

Kelly Smuts
Personal information
Born (1990-01-22) 22 January 1990 (age 34)
Grahamstown, South Africa
Source: Cricinfo, 23 April 2017

Kelly Royce Smuts (born 22 January 1990) is a South African cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler who plays for Eastern Province. He was born in Grahamstown.

Smuts made his cricketing debut for South Africa Under-19s, playing a single Under-19 Test match against Bangladesh. He later played two matches in a Tri-Nation tournament, one against Bangladesh and one against India.

Smuts made two appearances during the CSA Under-19 Competition in 2008–09. Smuts made his first-class debut for Eastern Province during the 2009–10 season, against Gauteng.[1] He was included in the Eastern Province cricket team squad for the 2015 Africa T20 Cup.[2] In the 2015–16 Sunfoil 3-Day Cup, he became the first player to make a century and take 13 wickets during a first-class match in South Africa.[3] In April 2017, he made the highest total in the history of the Lancashire League, scoring 211 for Todmorden Cricket Club.[4]

In August 2017, he was named in Durban Qalandars' squad for the first season of the T20 Global League.[5] However, in October 2017, Cricket South Africa initially postponed the tournament until November 2018, with it being cancelled soon after.[6]

He was the leading run-scorer in the 2017–18 Sunfoil 3-Day Cup for Eastern Province, with 646 runs in eight matches.[7]

In September 2018, he was named in Eastern Province's squad for the 2018 Africa T20 Cup.[8] In September 2019, he was named in Eastern Province's squad for the 2019–20 CSA Provincial T20 Cup.[9]

Smuts' brother, JJ Smuts, is also a first-class cricketer.

  1. ^ Gauteng v. Eastern Province in 2009-10
  2. ^ Eastern Province Squad / Players – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  3. ^ "EP cricketer makes history". Sport24. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  4. ^ "Lancashire League: Michael Clarke's record broken by Kelly Smuts". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  5. ^ "T20 Global League announces final team squads". T20 Global League. Archived from the original on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  6. ^ "Cricket South Africa postpones Global T20 league". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  7. ^ "Sunfoil 3-Day Cup, 2017/18 Eastern Province: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  8. ^ "Eastern Province Squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  9. ^ "Marais headlines Eastern Province squad". SA Cricket Mag. Retrieved 12 September 2019.