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| Born | 22 January 1990 Grahamstown, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right arm Medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Eastern Province | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kelly Royce Smuts (born 22 January 1990) is a South African cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler who plays for Eastern Province. He was born in Grahamstown.
Smuts made his cricketing debut for South Africa Under-19s,playing a single Under-19 Test match against Bangladesh. He later played two matches in a Tri-Nation tournament,one against Bangladesh and one against India.
Smuts made two appearances during the CSA Under-19 Competition in 2008–09. Smuts made his first-class debut for Eastern Province during the 2009–10 season,against Gauteng. [1] He was included in the Eastern Province cricket team squad for the 2015 Africa T20 Cup. [2] In the 2015–16 Sunfoil 3-Day Cup,he became the first player to make a century and take 13 wickets during a first-class match in South Africa. [3] In April 2017,he made the highest total in the history of the Lancashire League,scoring 211 for Todmorden Cricket Club. [4]
In August 2017,he was named in Durban Qalandars' squad for the first season of the T20 Global League. [5] However,in October 2017,Cricket South Africa initially postponed the tournament until November 2018,with it being cancelled soon after. [6]
He was the leading run-scorer in the 2017–18 Sunfoil 3-Day Cup for Eastern Province,with 646 runs in eight matches. [7]
In September 2018,he was named in Eastern Province's squad for the 2018 Africa T20 Cup. [8] In September 2019,he was named in Eastern Province's squad for the 2019–20 CSA Provincial T20 Cup. [9]
Smuts' brother,JJ Smuts,is also a first-class cricketer.