JJ Smuts

JJ Smuts
Personal information
Full name Jon-Jon Trevor Smuts
Born (1988-09-21) 21 September 1988
Grahamstown, Cape Province, South Africa
Batting Right-handed
Bowling Slow left-arm orthodox
Role Batting all-rounder
Relations Kelly Smuts (brother)
International information
National side
T20I debut (cap 69) 20 January 2017 v Sri Lanka
Last T20I 21 February 2018 v India
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2007–present Eastern Province
2007–present Warriors (squad no. 21)
2016 St Kitts and Nevis Patriots
Career statistics
Competition T20I FC LA T20
Matches 6 80 109 101
Runs scored 110 4,434 3,523 2,502
Batting average 18.33 31.67 34.88 27.49
100s/50s 0/0 8/25 6/23 2/11
Top score 45 150* 173* 107*
Balls bowled 52 6,437 3,038 1,306
Wickets 1 100 62 60
Bowling average 72.00 36.84 41.91 23.76
5 wickets in innings 0 1 0 0
10 wickets in match n/a 1 n/a n/a
Best bowling 1/19 6/80 4/4 3/15
Catches/stumpings 1/– 46/– 32/– 22/–
Source: Cricinfo, 24 February 2017

Jon-Jon Trevor Smuts (born 21 September 1988) is a South African cricketer who plays for the Chevrolet Warriors in the South African domestic competitions.[1] He is a right-handed opening batsman and a slow left-arm bowler. He attended Graeme College in Grahamstown. In 2010 he was selected for the South African Emerging Players' squad to tour Australia. In the 2010/11 South African domestic season he was named the Chevrolet Warriors cricketer of the season. He was included in the Eastern Province cricket team squad for the 2015 Africa T20 Cup.[2]

International career

In January 2017 he was included in South Africa's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against Sri Lanka.[3] He made his T20I debut for South Africa against Sri Lanka on 20 January 2017.[4] In August 2017, he was named in Nelson Mandela Bay Stars' squad for the first season of the T20 Global League.[5] However, in October 2017, Cricket South Africa postponed the tournament until November 2018.[6]

He is the brother of cricket player Kelly Smuts.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.cricket.co.za/chevrolet-warriors.html
  2. ↑ Eastern Province Squad / Players – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "Behardien to lead in T20 as SA ring changes". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  4. ↑ "Sri Lanka tour of South Africa, 1st T20I: South Africa v Sri Lanka at Centurion, Jan 20, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  5. ↑ "T20 Global League announces final team squads". T20 Global League. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  6. ↑ "Cricket South Africa postpones Global T20 league". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
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