Full name Jon-Jon Trevor Smuts
Born September 21, 1988, Grahamstown, Cape Province
Current age 32 years 126 days
Major teams South Africa, Eastern Province, South Africa A, South Africa Under-19s, St Kitts and Nevis Patriots, Warriors
Playing role Batting allrounder
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
Relation Brother - KR Smuts
Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
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ODIs | 5 | 4 | 1 | 163 | 84 | 54.33 | 211 | 77.25 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
T20Is | 11 | 11 | 0 | 166 | 45 | 15.09 | 151 | 109.93 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
First-class | 107 | 196 | 13 | 5887 | 150* | 32.16 | 9796 | 60.09 | 9 | 33 | 843 | 29 | 61 | 0 |
List A | 139 | 133 | 10 | 4416 | 173* | 35.90 | 5459 | 80.89 | 6 | 30 | 490 | 47 | 42 | 0 |
T20s | 146 | 142 | 14 | 3481 | 121 | 27.19 | 2765 | 125.89 | 3 | 17 | 359 | 109 | 34 | 0 |
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
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ODIs | 5 | 3 | 132 | 97 | 3 | 2/42 | 2/42 | 32.33 | 4.40 | 44.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
T20Is | 11 | 8 | 94 | 138 | 1 | 1/19 | 1/19 | 138.00 | 8.80 | 94.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
First-class | 107 | 148 | 10412 | 5549 | 166 | 6/50 | 10/165 | 33.42 | 3.19 | 62.7 | 10 | 3 | 2 |
List A | 139 | 109 | 4335 | 3613 | 90 | 4/4 | 4/4 | 40.14 | 5.00 | 48.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
T20s | 146 | 116 | 1985 | 2287 | 84 | 3/15 | 3/15 | 27.22 | 6.91 | 23.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ODI debut | South Africa v England at Cape Town, Feb 4, 2020 scorecard |
Last ODI | South Africa v Australia at Potchefstroom, Mar 7, 2020 scorecard |
ODI statistics | |
T20I debut | South Africa v Sri Lanka at Centurion, Jan 20, 2017 scorecard |
Last T20I | South Africa v Australia at Johannesburg, Feb 21, 2020 scorecard |
T20I statistics | |
First-class debut | Eastern Province v KwaZulu-Natal at Port Elizabeth, Feb 15-17, 2007 scorecard |
Last First-class | Warriors v Cape Cobras at Port Elizabeth, Dec 13-16, 2020 scorecard |
List A debut | Eastern Province v Border at Port Elizabeth, Nov 11, 2007 scorecard |
Last List A | Warriors v Lions at Potchefstroom, Jan 24, 2021 scorecard |
T20s debut | Warriors v Zimbabwe at Port Elizabeth, Mar 25, 2008 scorecard |
Last T20s | South Africa v Australia at Johannesburg, Feb 21, 2020 scorecard |
Bat & Bowl | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
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3/40, 0 | Warriors | v Lions | Potchefstroom | 24 Jan 2021 | LA |
36, 3/40, 1, 3/47 | Warriors | v Cape Cobras | Port Elizabeth | 13 Dec 2020 | FC |
41*, 1/65, 0 | Warriors | v Titans | Port Elizabeth | 9 Nov 2020 | FC |
1/33, 19, 2/32, 19 | Warriors | v Knights | Bloemfontein | 2 Nov 2020 | FC |
2/42, 84 | South Africa | v Australia | Potchefstroom | 7 Mar 2020 | ODI # 4254 |
41 | South Africa | v Australia | Bloemfontein | 4 Mar 2020 | ODI # 4252 |
0/15, 7 | South Africa | v Australia | Johannesburg | 21 Feb 2020 | T20I # 1046 |
13 | South Africa | v England | Durban | 14 Feb 2020 | T20I # 1041 |
20, 0/22 | South Africa | v England | East London | 12 Feb 2020 | T20I # 1039 |
31, 0/12 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 9 Feb 2020 | ODI # 4242 |
So good they named him twice? Perhaps not yet, but Jon-Jon Smuts is an aggressive, clean-hitting opening batsman who has made a name as one of the most entertaining cricketers to watch in shorter formats. He has been a cricketer since he could see over the top of a pair of pads at the age of six, he is unusual in that he opens the batting in all three formats, and he is no mean left-arm spinner. Smuts was part of the South African squad that reached the semi-finals of the Under-19 World Cup against Pakistan in Sri Lanka in 2007-08. In fact, it was Smuts' 58 - which earned him Man-of-the-Match honours - that put the South Africans in the final, which they lost to India. Smuts was also in the South African squad that won the 2010 Emerging Players Tournament in Australia.
But it took Smuts several seasons before he was able to break through at the highest level. Despite finishing fifth in the first-class competition's batting charts in the 2011-12 season, when he averaged 43.64, Smuts positioned himself more as a limited-overs cricketer. He was third among run-scorers in the 2014-15 season's one-day cup, scoring 592 runs at 59.20 with six fifties to his name. His reputation for big hitting earned him a CPL contract in 2016. Smuts finished as the leading run-scorer in South Africa's domestic T20 competition in the 2016-17 season and was finally selected in South Africa's T20 squad to play Sri Lanka in three matches in January 2017.
ESPNcricinfo staff