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JJ Smuts

Not to be confused with JJ Smit.

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.

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] In April 2021, he was named in Eastern Province's squad, ahead of the 2021–22 cricket season in South Africa.[12]

International career

In January 2017 he was included in South Africa's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against Sri Lanka.[13] He made his T20I debut for South Africa against Sri Lanka on 20 January 2017.[14] In August 2017, he was named in Nelson Mandela Bay Stars' squad for the first season of the T20 Global League.[15] However, in October 2017, Cricket South Africa initially postponed, and later cancelled the tournament.[16] In January 2020, he was selected for South Africa's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against England.[17] He made his ODI debut on 4 February 2020, for South Africa against England.[18]

References

  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.
  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". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  8. ^ "Eoin Morgan to represent Dublin franchise in inaugural Euro T20 Slam". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  9. ^ "Euro T20 Slam Player Draft completed". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 19 July 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  10. ^ "Inaugural Euro T20 Slam cancelled at two weeks' notice". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  11. ^ "MSL 2.0 announces its T20 squads". Cricket South Africa. Archived from the original on 4 September 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  12. ^ "CSA reveals Division One squads for 2021/22". Cricket South Africa. Archived from the original on 20 April 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  13. ^ "Behardien to lead in T20 as SA ring changes". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  14. ^ "Sri Lanka tour of South Africa, 1st T20I: South Africa v Sri Lanka at Centurion, Jan 20, 2017". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  15. ^ "T20 Global League announces final team squads". T20 Global League. Archived from the original on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  16. ^ "Cricket South Africa postpones Global T20 league". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  17. ^ "Lungi Ngidi, Temba Bavuma named in South Africa ODI squad, Quinton de Kock to be captain". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  18. ^ "1st ODI (D/N), England tour of South Africa at Cape Town, Feb 4 2020". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
Quelle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JJ_Smuts