Player Profile

JJ

Smuts

All Rounder

Matches

21

Runs

500

Wickets

7

Born

September 21, 1988

SA20 Debut

2023

Role

All Rounder

Batting Style

Right Handed

Bowling Style

Slow left-arm orthodox

Nationality

South Africa

Biography

An unusual name didn't help him start his career in a different way. A top-order right-handed batsman and a useful left-arm orthodox spinner, Jon-Jon Smuts was barely six when he first put on his batting pads.


Smuts made his First-class debut for Eastern Province in 2007 and then went on to represent the South African team in the 2008 ICC U19 World Cup. He put on a gutsy 58 in the semi-final that helped his team qualify for the finals. He was also a part of the Protean team that won the 2010 Emerging Players Tournament held in Australia. Smuts represented the Warriors team in the Twenty20 arena. Later in 2015, he was named in Eastern Province Team for the African T20 Cup.


The hard-hitting all-rounder had a majestic 2016-17 season with the bat where he ended as one of the leading run-scorers of the South African T20 Cup. His all-round abilities were acknowledged by the selectors and finally, he earned an international call up in 2017. JJ made his T20I debut against Sri Lanka in January 2017 but had a mediocre start to his international career. After receiving a couple of more chances in the following series, Smuts failed to seize the opportunity and was dropped from the side. Even after failing at the international level, the all-rounder continued showcasing his brilliance at the domestic level.


In 2018, Smuts notched up 219 runs from nine matches in the Mzansi Super League and became the leading run-scorer of Nelson Mandela Bay Giants. His impressive performance at the domestic level bagged him another shot at the international level and in August 2019, he was named in South Africa's T20I squad for the series against India.

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SA20 Statistics

BATTING & FIELDING
MAT
NO
RUNS
HS
AVERAGE
S/R
100S
50S
4S
6S
DUCKS
CT
ST
2024
12
1
298
75 v SEC
27.09
136.69
0
3
26
17
1
4
0
2023
9
1
202
66 v PC
28.85
125.46
0
2
25
5
1
1
0
Overall
21
2
500
75 v SEC
27.77
131.92
0
5
51
22
-
5
0
BOWLING
INN
BALLS
RUNS
WKTS
BBI
AVE
ECON
S/R
3W
5W
2024
8
86
107
4
2/36 v SEC
26.75
7.46
21.50
0
0
2023
6
106
116
3
1/8 v JSK
38.66
6.56
35.33
0
0
Overall
14
192
223
7
2/36 v SEC
31.85
6.96
27.42
0
0