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Justin Ontong

South Africa

Full name Justin Lee Ontong

Born January 4, 1980, Paarl, Cape Province

Current age 29 years 183 days

Major teams South Africa, Africa XI, Boland, Lions

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm offbreak

Batting and fielding averages


	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	2	4	1	57	32	19.00	155	36.77	0	0	8	0	1
ODIs	26	15	1	167	32	11.92	248	67.33	0	0	15	1	13
T20Is	3	2	0	20	14	10.00	28	71.42	0	0	0	0	0
First-class	110	182	9	6423	166	37.12			13	39			83
List A	148	126	15	2880	86	25.94			0	22			60
Twenty20	36	31	4	517	59*	19.14	432	119.67	0	1	39	20	19

Bowling averages


	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w
Tests	2	3	185	133	1	1/79	1/123	133.00	4.31	185.0	0
ODIs	26	16	538	396	9	3/30	3/30	44.00	4.41	59.7	0
T20Is	3	1	12	25	1	1/25	1/25	25.00	12.50	12.0	0
First-class	110		8205	4392	95	4/66		46.23	3.21	86.3
List A	148		2915	2270	52	3/29	3/29	43.65	4.67	56.0	0
Twenty20	36	27	306	400	12	2/6	2/6	33.33	7.84	25.5	0

Career statistics

Test debut	Australia v South Africa at Sydney, Jan 2-5, 2002 scorecard
Last Test	India v South Africa at Kolkata, Nov 28-Dec 2, 2004 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	West Indies v South Africa at Kingston, Apr 28, 2001 scorecard
Last ODI	South Africa v Bangladesh at Potchefstroom, Nov 7, 2008 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut	South Africa v West Indies at Johannesburg, Jan 18, 2008 scorecard
Last T20I	South Africa v Australia at Centurion, Mar 29, 2009 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut	1997/98
Last First-class	Warriors v Cape Cobras at East London, Apr 2-4, 2009 scorecard
List A debut	1998/99
Last List A	Titans v Cape Cobras at Centurion, Jan 9, 2009 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Titans v Lions at Centurion, Apr 8, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20	South Africa v Australia at Centurion, Mar 29, 2009 scorecard

Profile

Perhaps not surprisingly as it was his first tour with the senior side, Justin Ontong was so quietly spoken on South Africa's visit to West Indies in 2000-01 that he earned himself the nickname "Rowdy". Nevertheless, he displayed a resolve and determination in his first games in full colours that underlined the selectors' belief that Ontong is a player of the future. He started life as a batsman, and remained one until 1999-2000. But some acceptable legbreaks in the nets persuaded his coaches to encourage more of the same in the middle, and soon Ontong was mixing it up with offbreaks, quicker balls and wrong'uns. Ontong is also direct evidence of the effect a role model can have on the preceding generation. Jonty Rhodes was his hero as a young boy, and he now unquestionably has the potential to emulate him. Ontong was the unwitting centre of controversy during his Test debut at Sydney in January 2002 when it emerged that Percy Sonn, the SA Board president, had overruled the selectors and insisted on the inclusion of Ontong, a Cape Coloured, ahead of Jacques Rudolph. It would be nearly three years before he earned another opportunity in Tests, but he eventually returned to the squad for the trip to India in November 2004. However, the return was short-lived as he again failed to establish himself in a strong batting order and he had to wait until early 2008 for another recall when he was named to face West Indies.
Neil Manthorp