JJ Smuts

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. 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.

Not to be confused with JJ Smit.

JJ Smuts
Personal information
Full nameJon-Jon Trevor Smuts
Born (1988-09-21) 21 September 1988
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 March 2020 v Australia
T20I debut (cap 69)20 January 2017 v Sri Lanka
Last T20I21 February 2020 v Australia
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2007–presentEastern Province
2007–presentWarriors (squad no. 21)
2016St Kitts and Nevis Patriots
2018-presentNelson Mandela Bay Giants
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, 7 March 2020

Domestic and T20 career

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.[4]

In October 2018, he was named in Nelson Mandela Bay Giants' squad for the first edition of the Mzansi Super League T20 tournament.[5][6] He was the leading run-scorer for the team in the tournament, with 219 runs in nine matches.[7]

In July 2019, he was selected to play for the Glasgow Giants in the inaugural edition of the Euro T20 Slam cricket tournament.[8][9] However, the following month the tournament was cancelled.[10] In September 2019, he was named in the squad for the Nelson Mandela Bay Giants team for the 2019 Mzansi Super League tournament.[11]

International career

In January 2017 he was included in South Africa's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against Sri Lanka.[12] He made his T20I debut for South Africa against Sri Lanka on 20 January 2017.[13] In August 2017, he was named in Nelson Mandela Bay Stars' squad for the first season of the T20 Global League.[14] However, in October 2017, Cricket South Africa initially postponed the tournament until November 2018, with it being cancelled soon after.[15] In January 2020, he was named in South Africa's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against England.[16] He made his ODI debut on 4 February 2020, for South Africa against England.[17]

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 September 2009. Retrieved 19 October 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Markram, Ngidi named among SA Cricket Annual's Top Five". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  3. "Markram, Ngidi among SA Cricket Annual's Cricketers of the Year". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  4. Eastern Province Squad / Players – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  5. "Mzansi Super League - full squad lists". Sport24. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  6. "Mzansi Super League Player Draft: The story so far". Independent Online. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  7. "Mzansi Super League, 2018/19 - Nelson Mandela Bay Giants: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  8. "Eoin Morgan to represent Dublin franchise in inaugural Euro T20 Slam". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  9. "Euro T20 Slam Player Draft completed". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  10. "Inaugural Euro T20 Slam cancelled at two weeks' notice". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  11. "MSL 2.0 announces its T20 squads". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  12. "Behardien to lead in T20 as SA ring changes". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  13. "Sri Lanka tour of South Africa, 1st T20I: South Africa v Sri Lanka at Centurion, Jan 20, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  14. "T20 Global League announces final team squads". T20 Global League. Archived from the original on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  15. "Cricket South Africa postpones Global T20 league". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  16. "Lungi Ngidi, Temba Bavuma named in South Africa ODI squad, Quinton de Kock to be captain". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  17. "1st ODI (D/N), England tour of South Africa at Cape Town, Feb 4 2020". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
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