JJ Smuts

Not to be confused with JJ Smit.

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.

JJ Smuts

Personal information
Full name	Jon-Jon Trevor Smuts
Born	(1988-09-21) 21 September 1988 (age 36) 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	South Africa (2017–2021)
ODI debut (cap 135)	4 February 2020 v England
Last ODI	7 April 2021 v Pakistan
T20I debut (cap 69)	20 January 2017 v Sri Lanka
Last T20I	14 February 2021 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2006/07–2021/22	Eastern Province
2007/08–2020/21	Warriors (squad no. 21)
2016	St Kitts and Nevis Patriots
2018–2019	Nelson Mandela Bay Giants
2022/23–present	KwaZulu-Natal Coastal
2023	Sunrisers Eastern Cape
2024–present	Durban's Super Giants
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA Matches 6 13 118 168 Runs scored 200 174 6,315 5,645 Batting average 50.00 13.38 32.89 37.38 100s/50s 0/1 0/0 10/33 9/38 Top score 84 45 156 173* Balls bowled 180 136 12,468 5,558 Wickets 4 1 206 117 Bowling average 41.00 178.00 31.66 38.75 5 wickets in innings 0 0 7 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 2 0 Best bowling 2/42 1/19 6/47 4/4 Catches/stumpings 3/– 1/– 64/– 49/–
Source: Cricinfo, 7 April 2025

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]