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Full name Makhaya Ntini
Born July 6, 1977, Mdingi, nr King William's Town, Cape Province
Current age 31 years 3 days
Major teams South Africa,Border,Chennai Super Kings,ICC World XI,Warwickshire
Also known as George
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
87
97
33
627
32*
9.79
1198
52.33
0
0
93
8
23
0
ODIs
165
42
21
186
42*
8.85
279
66.66
0
0
16
5
30
0
T20Is
8
2
1
9
5
9.00
8
112.50
0
0
2
0
0
0
First-class
154
175
57
1115
34*
9.44
0
0
37
0
List A
224
64
28
249
42*
6.91
0
0
41
0
Twenty20
25
7
4
27
11
9.00
34
79.41
0
0
5
0
1
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
87
164
17863
9583
344
7/37
13/132
27.85
3.21
51.9
17
17
4
ODIs
165
163
8291
6177
256
6/22
6/22
24.12
4.47
32.3
8
4
0
T20Is
8
8
144
212
4
2/22
2/22
53.00
8.83
36.0
0
0
0
First-class
154
28368
15562
537
7/37
28.97
3.29
52.8
22
4
List A
224
10870
8009
325
6/22
6/22
24.64
4.42
33.4
9
5
0
Twenty20
25
25
540
653
18
4/21
4/21
36.27
7.25
30.0
1
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
South Africa v Sri Lanka at Cape Town, Mar 19-23, 1998 scorecard
Last Test
India v South Africa at Kanpur, Apr 11-13, 2008 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
New Zealand v South Africa at Perth, Jan 16, 1998 scorecard
Last ODI
South Africa v West Indies at Durban, Feb 1, 2008 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut
South Africa v New Zealand at Johannesburg, Oct 21, 2005 scorecard
Last T20I
South Africa v West Indies at Johannesburg, Jan 18, 2008 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut
1995/96
Last First-class
Middlesex v South Africans at Uxbridge, Jul 4-6, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
1995/96
Last List A
Warriors v Eagles at East London, Mar 14, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Eastern Cape v Western Province Boland at Port Elizabeth, Apr 13, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Chennai Super Kings v Rajasthan Royals at Mumbai, Jun 1, 2008 scorecard
Profile
Makhaya Ntini has had a fair bit to contend with during his young life. A product of the United Cricket Board's development programme, Ntini was discovered at a cattleherd in the Eastern Cape, given a pair of boots and packed off to Dale College, one of the country's best regarded cricketing nurseries. With an action consciously modelled on that of Malcolm Marshall, Ntini found himself touring Australia at the end of 1997 when Roger Telemachus failed a fitness test. He made his South African one-day debut at Perth in early 1998, bowling well in helpful conditions and his Test debut came against Sri Lanka in the same year. In 1999, however, Ntini was charged and initially convicted of rape. He steadfastly maintained his innocence and was subsequently acquitted on appeal. It was, though, a harrowing ordeal for the first black African cricketer to play for South Africa and it is to his credit that he has been able to rebuild his career. He was not chosen for South Africa again until the Sharjah tournament in 2000 where he both surprised and impressed observers with greater control than had been evident previously. He carried his Sharjah form over to the three one-dayers against Australia in April this year, again bowling impressively.
Quite obviously, Ntini has bounced back from his troubles. Although he is a little short of the genuine pace of a Brett Lee or a Shoaib Akhtar, he is steadily improving and became the first South African to take ten wickets at Lord's in 2003 before devestating the West Indies in Trinidad in 2005 with 13 for 132, the best-ever match figures by a South African bowler. Finished the series against Australia at the end of 2005 with nine wickets at 29.33, including a menacing 5 for 64 in the first innings at Perth. Was forced to miss the third Test with a knee injury that restricted his bowling in the second innings at Melbourne. In the return series at home, Ntini proved a constant threat both as a wicket-taker and potential bruiser. Probing lines and a never-say-die attitude reaped him 19 wickets at 22.36 - with 6 for 100 and 4 for 78 at Johannesburg being a stand-out showing - and gave Justin Langer a warm welcome, in his 100th Test, with a first-ball clanger to the head that left him concussed. Backed up this fine series with 20 wickets in three Tests against New Zealand, and was rightfully Man-of-the-Series. Finished the 2005-06 season with 48 Test victims. In June, Ntini was awarded a benefit by Border for his ten years' service to the game. He managed just five wickets in a two-Test series in Sri Lanka in July-August but was an automatic choice for South Africa's 14-man squad for the Champions Trophy in India. Took eight wickets in the tournament, including a fiery spell against Pakistan at Mohali. When India toured South Africa at the end of 2006, Ntini topped the wickets tally in the Tests with 15, and just after that, when it was Pakistan's turn to visit for three Tests, he passed 300 wickets in a 19-wicket series. Ntini was unable to carry his hot streak into the 2007 World Cup in the West Indies, where he managed just six wickets from seven games. Was dropped for South Africa's last two games, an indication of just how poorly he was performing, and was comprehensively outbowled by Dale Steyn in South Africa's series against West Indies, scraping 10 wickets at an unhealthy 38.50. He improved his average with another 10 wickets against India, and remains the side's engine room. Peter Robinson June 2008
Notes
Education: Dale College, EL Technical College Junior Representative Cricket: Bdr Nuff 1994-95, SA Schools 1995
