PLAYER CAREER

JJ Smuts

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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South Africa2017–2026

Scorecard coverage and data completeness

Career snapshots and available scorecards have different scopes. These counts describe recorded batting or bowling innings, not every international appearance.

Player archive coverage
Format	Matches	Bat inns	Balls recorded	Boundaries recorded	First scorecard	Latest scorecard
ODI	5	5	5	5	2020-02-04	2021-04-07
T20I	13	13	13	13	2017-01-20	2021-02-14

26Internationals

437Career runs

0Centuries

11Wickets

Career records by format

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 6
Innings: 5
Runs: 180
Average: 45.00
Strike rate: 78.60
Highest score: 84
Not outs: 1
100s: 0
50s: 1
Ducks: 0
4s: 20
6s: 1
Balls faced: 229

Bowling

Matches: 6
Innings: 4
Balls: 180
Maidens: 1
Runs conceded: 164
Wickets: 4
Average: 41.00
Economy: 5.46
Strike rate: 45.00
Best innings: 2/42
Best match: 2/42
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 6
Innings: 5
Catches: 3
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 3
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 3
Dismissals / inns: 0.600
Best innings: 2 (2ct 0st)

T20I

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 20
Innings: 19
Runs: 257
Average: 13.52
Strike rate: 108.89
Highest score: 45
Not outs: 0
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 2
4s: 27
6s: 10
Balls faced: 236

Bowling

Matches: 20
Innings: 17
Balls: 289
Maidens: 1
Runs conceded: 347
Wickets: 7
Average: 49.57
Economy: 7.20
Strike rate: 41.28
Best innings: 2/18
Best match: 2/18
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 20
Innings: 20
Catches: 4
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 4
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 4
Dismissals / inns: 0.200
Best innings: 1 (1ct 0st)

Career records checked: 2026-09-07. — means not recorded; N/A means the statistic does not apply. Career totals are independent of the scorecard archive.

Explore this player’s available match data

23 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters below apply to this archive only.

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
2021-04-07	Pakistan v South Africa	ODI	Pakistan won by 28 runs
2021-02-14	South Africa v Pakistan	T20I	Pakistan won by 4 wickets
2021-02-13	Pakistan v South Africa	T20I	South Africa won by 6 wickets
2020-12-09	England v South Africa	ODI	Result not recorded
2020-12-07	England v South Africa	ODI	Result not recorded
2020-12-06	England v South Africa	ODI	Result not recorded
2020-03-12	India v South Africa	ODI	No result
2020-03-07	South Africa v Australia	ODI	South Africa won by 6 wickets
2020-03-04	South Africa v Australia	ODI	South Africa won by 6 wickets
2020-02-21	South Africa v Australia	T20I	Australia won by 107 runs
2020-02-14	South Africa v England	T20I	England won by 2 runs
2020-02-12	South Africa v England	T20I	South Africa won by 1 runs

South Africa

THE SHAPE OF A CAREER

Performance by year

Available scorecards

Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.

ODI

ODI · Runs by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact runs at right

2020163 runs
202117 runs

ODI · Wickets by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact wickets at right

20203 wickets
20211 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 2 seasons

ODI archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
2021	1	1	17	17	17.00	94.44	0	0	2	0	18	1	1	67.00	8.37	48.00
2020	4	4	163	84	54.33	77.25	0	1	18	1	211	3	3	32.33	4.40	44.00

T20I

T20I · Runs by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact runs at right

2017110 runs
201816 runs
202040 runs
20218 runs

T20I · Wickets by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact wickets at right

20171 wickets
20180 wickets
20200 wickets
20210 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 4 seasons

T20I archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
2021	2	2	8	7	4.00	57.14	1	0	14	2	0	N/A	5.71	N/A
2020	3	3	40	20	13.33	108.10	3	1	37	2	0	N/A	12.33	N/A
2018	2	2	16	14	8.00	88.88	3	0	18	2	0	N/A	7.25	N/A
2017	6	6	110	45	18.33	114.58	11	5	96	4	1	72.00	8.30	52.00

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.

2017-01-20
First available scorecard
T20I v Sri Lanka · SuperSport Park
2020-03-07
Best recorded bowling · 2/42
ODI v Australia · Senwes Park
2020-03-07
Highest recorded innings · 84 runs
ODI v Australia · Senwes Park
2021-04-07
Latest available scorecard
ODI v Pakistan · SuperSport Park, Centurion