Cricket-Young cricketers meet South African Jonty Rhodes |27 May 2010

Rhodes was born in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. As a right-handed batsman he was noted for his quick running. However, he was especially noted for his fielding, particularly ground fielding and throwing from his usual position at backward point.
 
A report released by Cricinfo in late 2005 showed that since the 1999 cricket World Cup, Rhodes had achieved the ninth-highest number of run-outs in ODI cricket by any fieldsman, with the third highest success rate.

During his career, he also played first-class cricket for Gloucestershire County Cricket Club, KwaZulu-Natal and Natal.
Rhodes retired from Test cricket in 2000 and from One-day cricket in 2003 after an injury during the 2003 World Cup.

Rhodes also represented South Africa at hockey, and was part of the team who missed out on qualifying for the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona. He was also called up for trials to play in the 1996 Olympics but was ruled out by a hamstring injury.